The book opens up with an introduction of the narrator‚ Death‚ and his recounting of the three different times he saw the book thief through his work of carrying the souls of the dead away. A color is associated with all of these visits as he can see a very wide spectrum of color. The first sighting is white‚ the second black‚ and the third red all symbolizing the Nazi flag and the story of the book thief. After this‚ he proceeds to tell the story of the book thief. Death’s story first opens
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The Book Thief Markus Zusak Summary: This novel‚ narrated by Death‚ follows the growth of a young German girl who must learn how to live with her new adoptive parents during World War II. While at their house‚ her adoptive father teaches her to read and causes her to fall in love with the written language. One night‚ the son of one of the father’s old war friends comes to the house seeking shelter from Nazi’s‚ as he is Jewish. Liesel Meminger and Max‚ the man seeking shelter‚ bond over a love of
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SUMMER READING RESPONSE Book: Contemporary Title: The Hunger Games Series Author: Susan Collins Choose a character and explain how the character changes throughout the story. What causes the change? What lessons does the character learn? Peeta‚ the son of a baker‚ has changed the most throughout the story in The Hunger Games Series. From the beginning of the story‚ Peeta is a shy and closed guy‚ who is always afraid to say his own feelings and words‚ “Well‚ there is this one girl. I’ve had
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favorite novels. Augustus gives Hazel The Price of Dawn‚ and Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction‚ a novel‚ written by Peter Van Houten‚ about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels Hazel’s own experience. After Augustus finishes reading her book‚ he is frustrated upon learning that the novel ends abruptly without a conclusion. Hazel explains the novel’s mysterious author had retreated following the novel’s publication and has not been heard from since. A week later‚ Augustus reveals to Hazel
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Runaway children in need How would you feel if a child family member was sold for sex in order to survive? I personally would feel annoyed at why he/she would sell themselves when there are a lot of more other suitable jobs out there. Child prostitution is no different really compared to the millions of people who sleep around every day‚ you get paid so that’s one upside to it. But on the other hand i would feel concerned because child prostitution can lead to sexually transmitted diseases and
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aspect is the way the war is told. In the play‚ “The Diary of Anne Frank”‚ and the novel‚ “The Book Thief”‚ the main characters‚ Anne and Liesel‚ face similar and different struggles during the most destructive war in history‚ World War II. However‚ their points of view of the war differ from each other in numerous ways. To begin‚ the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” and the book “The Book Thief” have numerous similarities‚ one of which being the internal struggle among both of the main characters
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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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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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Hubermann’s. The only item she takes with her is “The Gravedigger’s Handbook”‚ a book she had previously stolen from her brother’s graveside. While Liesel is settling into her new home Hans Hubermann teaches her to read‚ which makes her strive for more and more words. Soon enough Liesel is stealing books from the book burnings the Nazi’s put on‚ the Mayor’s home‚ basically anywhere and everywhere she can find books with words. As Liesel starts to grow closer to her foster father‚ Hans Hubermann
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My book report is going to be on the book Legend. The author is Marie Lu and is best seller in new york. It was Published on November 29‚ 2011 in the U.S and in the U.K on February 2012. The genre is a young adult fiction‚ and has 305 pages. The publisher is Putnam Juvenile. The book has interesting characters and has a very interesting plot. The Legend Marie Lu fiction provides how the relationship between a famous criminal and a prodigious detective might translate into a more modern story. Legend
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