Theme

**__Definition__**- the statement about life that the author wants to convey to the reader.

**__Treat others how you want to be treated.__** The story portrays the theme to treat others how you want to be treated. In "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," Father says that the people behind the fence aren't people. He should think before he said that because how would he feel if someone said they weren't a human being?