Ch 11-15, the Boy in the Striped Pajamas

I found chapter 11 to be really interesting. We got to see the dinner when "the Fury" comes over and Mother and Father argue about moving away from Berlin. Hitler seems to be really uncaring, I was sort of hoping he would have some compassion like Eva, but he showed none. Then it goes back to where chapter 10 left off. I really like how the author did that little flash back, because by now we know enough to understand why those things were going on. Back at the fence, Shmuel tells Bruno about how he came to the camp, and it kind of annoyed me how Bruno kept interrupting him with his own little stories. I felt so bad for Shmuel! His mother was probably killed, and it seems like he knows a lot about what is going on. Bruno is just clueless throughout the whole conversation and at the end he even thinks that what happened to Shmuel wasn't that terrible! Was he not paying any attention to the story? But I guess Bruno IS only nine and he hasn't really been told anything about these people. When Lieutenant Kotler came to dinner was a really awkward time. First, Father really put him on the spot asking him about his father. I think that the Lieutenant's father must not agree with the war, so he felt really awkward talking about it or maybe he would be punished. Pavel seems to be too old to do his job, and what the Lieutenant did to Pavel must have been so mean, I'm glad it didn't go into detail. Now Bruno has seemed to grow up a little, and he knows that he shouldn't tell anyone about Shmuel. I was relieved that Bruno lied to Gretel, and told her that Shmuel was only imaginary. Next, Shmuel is in Bruno's kitchen! I really wish that Bruno would've at least taken some of the blame for helping Shmuel in front of the Lieutenant, then Bruno sees Shmuel with all the bruises over his face! I really dislike Lieutenant Kotler now. He and Bruno's mother definately have something going on and he just seems so rude and ignorant about everything.