...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.

John Boyne
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In the novel "The Book Thief," by Markus Zusak, Bruno is a young boy who is trying to figure out how to stop his mother from being beaten to death by the Nazis. After being separated from his mother, Bruno is taken to a concentration camp and then separated from a friend, Shmuel. While in the camp, Bruno meets a girl named Liesel who befriends him and helps him survive. However, while he is in the concentration camp, Bruno has befriended a Jewish man named Shmuel who has been sent to the camp along with his twin brother.

In the novel, both Shmuel and Bruno are trying to survive without their families. In this quote, we see that Bruno is still holding Shmuel's hand in the concentration camp even though everyone else lets go. It shows that despite all of the chaos around them, both of these boys are still holding on to each other and refuse to give up no matter what happens around them.

Source: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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