Use context to determine the meaning of the word rooting as it is used in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Write your definition of "rooting" here and tell how you found it.

The word "rooting' is seen in the scene where Bruno had discovered Shmuel in his kitchen, working. He wanted to give something to him to eat so he "opened the refrigerator, about inside it for something to eat".

Explanation:

The word "rooting" can be found in page 169 of the text "The Boy in the tripped Pajamas" by John Boyne. The novel tells the friendship between two young boys, but from different sides of the society - one the son of the Lieutenant and the other, an inmate in the concentration camp overlooked by the lieutenant.

The word "rooting" can generally be used when in support of someone or something, like showing support for or wanting that particular thing to be a success. winner.

But this word is used in a different manner in the text when Bruno was looking in the fridge for any food that he can give to his friend from the "other side of the fence", Shmuel. The word is used here as a form of "looking for", implying that Bruno was looking for something in the fridge.

"Not wanting to look at Shmuel's hand any longer, Bruno turned round and opened the refrigerator, rooting about inside it for something to eat."