The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
why did mother have an afair with kotler and why did she turn to achahole.?
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Mother was unhappy with her life, her husband's assignment at Auschwitz, having to leave her home, and living with the horrors of Auschwitz on a daily basis. We are never directly told that she disagreed with what happened there, but I believe her feelings were apparent in her subsequent affair and use of alcohol.