"The priest walked away slowly. Leon watched him climb the hill, and when he had disappeared within the tall, thick walls, Leon
turned to look up at the high blue mountains in the deep snow that reflected a faint red light from the west. He felt good because it was finished, and he was happy about the sprinkling of the holy water; now the old man could send them big thunderclouds for sure." -Based on the final sentence of the story, what can you infer about Leon’s beliefs?
A. He understands why the Catholic priest needs to perform the ceremony, but he will not compromise his own beliefs.
B. He is pleased that he convinced the priest to water the ground for Teofilo’s afterlife.
C. He believes in Pueblo cultural traditions, but he is willing to participate in the Catholic tradition as well.
The main themes in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas are innocence, friendship, and human nature. Innocence: Bruno and Shmuel exhibit a childlike innocence. Bruno is largely ignorant of the horrors of the Holocaust, even when he becomes friends with a concentration camp inmate.
When Percy was not at school, he lived with his Mother Sally Jackson and his step father; whom he called smelly gabe who treated him and his mom like trash.
