End of Term Self-Reflection Throughout this term‚ I read several outstanding books that helped me grow as an independent reader. First‚ I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ which is an inspiring historical fiction novel. This wonderful text was just right: not too challenging‚ not too easy. In addition to‚ I read The Martian by Andy Weir‚ which is a science fiction novel. The Martian was a slightly challenging read‚ but that did not in any way impair my ability to understand or enjoy
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Power can come from many sources‚ with the most prominent being fear and knowledge. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ the ways that displays of power take shape differ as much as how the characters perceive power itself. Throughout the text‚ Liesel changes and develops; while she originally finds Hitler’s words empowering‚ she learns that his words are oppressive and are the reason for the suffering of many‚ including her loved ones. Later on‚ Liesel is able to find her individuality through both
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Jessie Zhu Characterization in The Book Thief Short Analysis of each character 1. Liesel a) Liesel is the “book thief”‚ she is given up by her mother and is adopted by a coups in Molching. She learns to read from his forster father and befriend with Rudy and Max. She learns the power of words and the beauty and the brutality of humanity. She survives Hitler’s reign while many of whom she loves dies. She has blond hair and brown eyes As depicted in the book‚ it says that “her hair was a close
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Responding with a Loss of Innocence Perhaps one of my favorite parts of the reading comes from the very beginning of the passage after the description of a nucleus. Creating a setting that can only creating a setting that only could be described as the aftermath of war: pain‚ destruction‚ regret‚ innocence‚ and unknown. This paragraph set the tone for the entire passage because not only does it introduce the topic of war and its horrors but establishes an emotional aspect because the world once
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Alternating between three culturally distinct narrators‚ Boyden grasps the complex perspectives and factors within the story‚ as presented by Christophe‚ a Jesuit missionary‚ Snow Falls‚ an Iroquois teen‚ and Bird‚ a Huron warrior. The National Post describes the narration as a "powerful and convincing depiction of both faiths”‚ referring to the Aboriginal and European narrators. Boyden tells the story of conflict between tribes that is ignited following a series of killings as well as the kidnapping
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Firstly‚ in this story‚ the author demonstrates the positive influence that relationships have on the characters. This is shown when Rudy Steiner and Liesel Meminger decide to leave bread on the empty roads of Dachau for the Jewish prisoners. When Rudy and Liesel pedal together toward Dachau‚ they stop at a road. Rudy passes a bag full of bread to Liesel and says: “Take a handful.” “I’m not sure this is a good idea.” He slapped some bread onto her palm. “Your papa did.” (Zusak 440). Hans Hubermann
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In this quote‚ on page 446 of the Book Thief‚ Zusak is stressing the idea that without the knowledge of words and not knowing the extreme power they contain‚ humans wouldn’t be able to fufill their desires and express the potential they have hidden deep inside of them. Whether one uses these words to discriminate and disparage a certain race‚ or instead take the same words to heal‚ save‚ and to fight against justice‚ it all relies on the specific diction used. In many ways‚ the Holocaust was a war
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The novel The Book Thief wouldn’t be the same without the unique narrator‚ Death. Death is not a human being and because of this he or she can be in anywhere. He or she can feel the emotions of character that some cannot. Death also has characteristics that are perfect for the story. The characteristics that Death withholds also makes him or her the best narrator for this story. Death is not a physical being and can travel anywhere he or she desires. This can move along the story much more quickly
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“the book thief” because of all of its imagery that is used. colors can be a great thing when someone is describing a sunset or a beach. it can be a good thing but they can also be a bad thing like when someone describes a concentration camp or a bloody war front. in the book thief it can be seen that colors are a big thing to all of the characters. liesel used the colors to remember max and rudy. when max was in the basement he used the colors to see the weather in the skies. although the book death
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The main conflict in The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ is Hitler versus Liesel‚ which is a man versus man external conflict. The conflict between Hitler and Liesel is Hilter was the one who took away her birth mother‚ and her brother‚ both acts that Liesel despises him for. The author wrote‚ "...the suffering of her mother + the death of her brother= the Fuhrer" (Zusak 115). Since Hitler‚ or the Fuhrer‚ took away Liesel’s birth family‚ a conflict was created between Liesel and Hitler. The lyrics in
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