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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In history‚ one thing is always certain: War or the use of violence for political goals. Unsurprisingly‚ this political philosophy has been a trend in German thought‚ starting from Clausewitz to Bismarck‚ and finally‚ at its precipice with Adolf Hitler. Nevertheless‚ Germany’s use of violence cannot be solely attributed to its political philosophy‚ as the aftermath of World War 1 was rather cruel and unusual to the German people; the majority of Germans were shocked and belittled by the Treaty of
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A genius is defined as someone possessing an "extraordinary power of intellect‚ imagination or invention." Few people in history can complete this definition and be given the title of ’genius’. Among this cadre of intellectuals‚ visionaries and innovators‚ we discover a figure most unexpectedly. A small man‚ wearing an awkward moustache‚ by no means imposing an air of intelligence upon observers as many would expect a genius to do. ’Genius’ is not the first title which comes to mind when the name
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Have you ever wondered how Hitler became insane? What his thoughts and past were? The life stealing criminal Hitler has committed some of the worst crimes in History. With the crimes Hitler committed it is hard to understand his motivation. I think Hitler’s past life has a lot to do with the crimes he committed. Hitler’s childhood wasn’t very stable. Throughout his life he moved around with his family a lot making it hard for him to settle in. Overall Hitler was a pretty smart and clever kid‚ he
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Those aspects showed circumstances that were out of Hitler’s complete control‚ attributed in the overall commencement of war. However Hitler‚ a ruthless dictator brought much of the conflict upon himself with ideas already stated in his autobiography‚ Mein Kempf‚ outlining his ideas for foreign policy such as the destruction of the Treaty of Versailles‚ gaining territory‚ to include all German speaking people in his ‘Third Reich’ and to create a ‘radically pure’ German state that would dominate Europe
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Walter‚ he became very close with. Walter shows to his house one night to help Max escape. He quickly says goodbye to his mother and family and is taken to a storeroom to hide. He will live there for the next 2 years. It is Walter who gives him Mein Kampf and the identity to go to Molching. In present time‚ Rosa feeds him pea soup and gives him the bed that was meant for Liesel’s brother. Hans takes Liesel down to the basement to explain their predicament to her. He tells Liesel not to tell anyone
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Life in concentration camps January 1933 was the worse time for Jewish people. In January 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor and the first concentration camp was built. Adolf Hitler was born into a middle class family in April of 1889. His father‚ who died in 1903‚ was an Austrian customs official whom young Adolf quickly learned to fear. His mother‚ whom he loved very much‚ died four years later in 1907. Adolf dropped out of high school and moved to Vienna‚ hoping to become an artist.
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On the evening of April 20th‚ 1889 a little after six‚ a child was born in the small town called Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria. Born to a man and woman named Alois Schicklgruber and Klara Pölzl. Due to being an illegitimate child Alois Schicklgruber‚ in order to help the advance of his career choose to change his name from Schicklgruber to Hiedler‚ however it was recorded as Hitler in the record books. So in 1876‚ at the age of 39‚ Alois Schicklgruber became Alois Hitler
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thousands‚ or even millions of people through writing. In fact‚ one particularly influential piece of literature convinced an entire population of people to ostracize‚ shun‚ and even murder their fellow citizens. Compelling texts such as Hitler’s Mein kampf allow me to believe that literature could be considered propaganda. These pieces of literature‚ when written to pacify a specific audience‚ can strongly appeal to humanity’s “passions”‚ as Plato suggests. I believe that authors use literature as
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Leighanne Fitzpatrick Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of the public and private lives of the people. In Europe Totalitarianism started to rule after the end of World War One. Two examples of totalitarian leaders who are similar and different in many ways are Joseph Stalin and Hitler. Joseph Stalin was the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953
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