1 Ethics‚ Person and Society The Book Thief by Markus Zusak A01330075 2 The Holocaust have been analyzed over and over again by many scholars‚ because of the cruelty and lack of empathy that several people showed towards the Jewish people during this time. Because of this‚ many works‚ both fictional and nonfictional‚ have been created on the subject. The Book Thief is a novel that shows the dilemma that some Germans went through during World War II: to hide a Jew and risk your life
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¨ I am all bluster- I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.¨ The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ is a heartfelt novel‚ which tells a story about a young girl living in Germany‚ but if we go beyond the surface‚ you will find a terrified child trying to escape the gruesome reality by going into the world of books with the help of her foster parents. This story is very awestrucking because Death tells the story of Liesel‚ and there is no bias because he doesn’t have any feelings and
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The Book Thief is a very interesting and informative story‚ written by Markus Zusak. The author’s attention to detail and his wonderful voice that was shown throughout this story was impeccable. The voice of death the novel portrays as the narrator is a very clever and creative idea that made the novel even better.This novel had three central themes. Death‚ love‚ and effectiveness of words were very important and key themes throughout this story. This story commences in January 1939‚ with a 9 year-old
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the book thief is a book about a Nazi family hiding a jew in their basement even though the consequence is death if they get caught. in the story a girl steals multiple numbers of books from the mayors house or anywhere she can find them. the girls friend Rudy is thought as an academic failure until he is involved in a after school program with boys his age. then he also is known as a great athlete after winning the 1500‚ 400 ‚ and more yard dashes in a row. Liesel also reads her stolen books to
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In The Book Thief‚ a story by Markus Zusak‚ Liesel is trying to live through Nazi Germany during World War II. Liesel Meminger is a curious young girl who did not start as the book thief. Her first stolen book wasn’t intended to be stolen‚ it had simply been left behind; When her brother died‚ she picked up The Grave Digger’s Handbook. When she arrived at her foster parent’s home‚ it wasn’t long before her papa discovered this book. He taught her to read and it began Liesel’s obsession with words
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someone whose not loveable compared to someone who is. It embodies a hidden message made by Markus Zusak about love‚ through the use of Death‚ Hans‚ and Liesel‚ in his book about a family‚ the Hubermanns‚ taking in a foster child‚ Liesel Meminger‚ during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. In Zusak’s historical fiction novel The Book Thief‚ he promotes his theme of love is more powerful than anything else in the world. Surprisingly‚ Death‚ the narrator of the novel‚ shows the readers all of the love in
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you can not control your fate. We had read many outside texts to supplement our understanding of The Book Thief. An example is John Donne’s poem‚ “Death Be Not Proud”‚ this one helped my understanding of the book and the world the most because it helped picture the different portrayals of death. The other readings helped my understanding of the novel by giving me some background knowledge of the book. For example‚ the Auschwitz article showed what it actually was like in the concentration camps. The
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The first book Liesel steals in The Book Thief is “The Grave Digger’s Handbook”. She steals this after her brother’s funeral when a gravedigger drops it in the snow. This book helps Liesel get over the initial shock of her brother’s death and introduces a new hobby for her to pursue. Because this is the only item she has of her brother and mother‚ she feels a strong connection to the book and forms a desire to read it. “Staring at the letters on the cover and touching the print inside‚ she had no
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The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. First published in 2005‚ the book won several awards and was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks. Plot The Book Thief centers around the life of Liesel Meminger‚ a nine-year-old girl living in Germany during World War II. Liesel’s experiences are narrated by Death‚ who describes both the beauty and destruction of life in this era. After her brother’s death‚ Liesel arrives in a distraught state at the home
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Review of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak It seems sometimes like the market for young adult literature is written down to the readers‚ almost in a condescending manner. That is why a book like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is so refreshing in this sea of cookie cutter romances and fantasies. While classified as a young adult novel‚ it deals with very serious themes. The book’s cover comes printed with this label: “It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has
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