Throughout The Book Thief‚ the good and the bad of humanity is shown in many ways through the eyes of the narrator‚ death. In the times of great killing and blood‚ Liesel finds peace in reading and later on many other people find peace in her reading as well. humanity is both beautiful and ugly. there is good and bad that can be found in everything‚ this story describes both aspects of it. Death wonders how humanity can be so ugly yet so beautiful. We portray both traits for many reasons. Humanity
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Jayda Sliger 2 Red The Book Thief Significant Passages Assignment Prologue: “You are going to die.” Page 3 This passage is at the very beginning of the novel when the narrator is introducing the topic of death. This passage was chosen because throughout the entire book the characters are tragically dying‚ especially at the end after the bombing. We see everyone that Liesel associated herself with die‚ and this one haunting sentence foreshadows the events. This statement makes it known to readers
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This is exactly what Hans Hubermann‚ a character from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ does. Hans is the foster father of the main character in the book‚ Liesel Meminger. The setting of the book is during WW2 with Adolf Hitler as the leader of Germany‚ so anything that is done wrong could be extremely dangerous. In part four of the book‚ a Jewish man knocks on the Hubermanns’ door. During the Holocaust‚ Jewish people were extremely hated‚ and if
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picture shows significance because the man showed empathy to the girl and he cared about how bad she was living. It also shows that the man gave his sandals to her because she needed it more than he did. This picture is similar to the scene in the Book Thief where Hans Hubermann offers a piece of bread to the Jew. Personal Reflection Personally‚ I think that relationships do not always involve two people who are in love with each other‚ but it also involves friendship and family. In fact‚ I think that
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When mentioning The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the first comment people make is how hard of a time it was in the setting of this book. A very dramatic impact of the book is a girl named Liesel who is living of the time of World War II‚ with the Jewish being discriminated. When living at her new home with her foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubberman‚ she finds herself more than a lonely girl. By the end of the story‚ she became courageous‚ persevering‚ and loyal to others. In the start of the story
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One of the main themes in The Book Thief is that words have the power to destroy and to save lives. More important‚ however‚ is that words can change the way a person feels. Whether written or spoken‚ words bring the characters in Zusak’s novel happiness‚ and fear. This novel also shows that words can sometimes be used for evil. The words they encounter influence the moods of Liesel‚ and the people around her. Several times throughout the story‚ words give people a feeling of happiness or serenity
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The Book Thief Essay Mark Zusak’s novel‚ The Book Thief‚ was better than the film‚ as it dives deeper into the various perspectives and personalities of the characters. It builds up the character of Max‚ and the minor characters (such as the Holtzapfel family) build up the story. By reading this story‚ you learn about the themes of mortality and the power of words which aren’t as present in the film. Max‚ in the film‚ appears to be nothing more than another helpless and weak Jew. He is in hiding
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The Book Thief is an encouraging tale of a fictional girl named Liesel. Liesel was raised during a time of great pain and suffering: Nazi Germany. Many Jews‚ Gypsies‚ mentally and physically disabled‚ and others were killed over a ten year timespan. Scope magazine adapted the book and the movie to create a play. One of the characters‚ named Death‚ states‚ “I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty‚ and I wonder how the same thing can be both.” True‚ we’re
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The Giver: Compare and Contrast essay Have you ever read a book and imagine something that was totally different than what the movie had? In your opinion‚ was your imagination better? Even though movies take away the imagination that the books give‚ books give more of imagination and more detail than the movies and you can’t visualize what is happening when watching a movie. The setting in the movie and the book were very similar. In the book they described it as a utopian community where the
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The Book Thief Notable Quotes and Response 1. “… it was raining on Himmel Street when the world ended for Liesel Meminger. The sky was dripping. Like a tap that a child has tried it’s hardest to turn off but hasn’t quite managed.” (Pg. 497) ~Its important because it shows that she’s like a child in the big world‚ a child couldn’t turn off a tap just like she couldn’t turn off the rain and change the events that had happened. 2. “She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel
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