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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Study Guide Chapter 1 Read each of the following passages from the novel, and explain what is able to be inferred from each. 1. ….he was surprised to find Maria, the family’s maid – who always kept her head bowed and never looked up from the carpet – standing in his bedroom… What does this passage let us know about Maria, the family maid? “What are you doing?” he asked in as polite a tone as he could muster, for although he wasn’t happy to come home and find someone going through his possessions, his mother had always told him that he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just imitate the way Father spoke to her. What does this passage reveal about Mother? What about Father? ….because there were always so many visitors to the house – men in fantastic uniforms, women with typewriters that he had to keep his mucky hands off – and they were always very polite to Father and told each other that he was a man to watch and that the Fury had big things in mind for him. What does this passage allow the readers to infer about Father? Chapter 2 Hyperbole is an extravagant exaggeration. For example, you have a mile-high ice-cream cone. You have a large ice-cream cone, but it is not a mile high! An idiom is a common expression that cannot be taken literally. For example, she is on cloud nine. This means that she is happy. No one would actually think she is on a cloud! Read the following passages from the novel. Underline the figurative language in each and label it as hyperbole or idiom. …they had no time to stop, not today, not when they had a hundred and one things to do. “I think the best thing to do would be to forget all about this and just go back home. We can chalk it up to experience,” he added. Chapter 3 Point of View If a character is telling the story, the first person point of view is used. This point of view provides the reader with the advantage of really gettin