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2. Bruno is talking to the boy across the fence and they were having a pretty long conversation. Shmuel says, “I want to work in a zoo”(139). To me this quote is very sad. What Shmuel does not realize but he his in a zoo. Gates enclose him and the SS officers shout out them like they are dogs or some other animal. It is also sad because Bruno tells Shmuel that he would want to be a soldier just like his father. Which would basically mean that Bruno would be the zookeeper of the (animals) Jewish people and Shmuel would be one of the animals. The significance is that the boys seem to have much in common but this fence separates two whole different boys and worlds. So it should see that these two boys should be enemies of each other but yet they are friends. Bruno does not care is Shmuel lives in a different place looks different than him or even if he is not the same religion. All Bruno wants is a friend that he can talk to and try to relate with.