In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what details about the setting help make the characters and lifestyles seem real?

Angie Waters

byis fictional but the characters' personas are based on expected
norms across the world at the time of the Second World War (WW II). Bruno is the son of a
typically strict and proud Nazi commandant whose own parents vehemently disagree on whether they
are proud (Bruno's grandfather) or "unimpressed" (Bruno's grandmother) of Bruno's
father. His grandmother says, "Is that what you consider to be of importance in the world?
Looking handsome?" (chapter 8) when Bruno's mother tries to reduce the tension in the
room.

Bruno has learnt the Hitler salute, "clicking his
two...

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