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Quote #10
And then the room went very dark and somehow, despite the chaos that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand […]. (19.1313)
The final scene in Bruno and Shmuel's story is also one of the most symbolically violent in the novel. While they might not realize it, readers know that they are in a gas chamber and that they will be dead soon. Death is the ultimate violent act in this story, one that can never be righted.