In The Book Thief‚ readers follow through the childhood of Liesel Meminger‚ a young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany during World War II‚ all through the interesting perspective of Death. After losing her entire family‚ she is adopted into a new family‚ and gradually adapts to a new life in the town of Molching‚ on a street named Himmel. She learns how to live with her two adoptive parents: a stern‚ “small wardrobe-sized” mother who swears “Saumensch” on a daily basis‚ and a father who plays
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streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on‚ coughing and searching‚ and finding” (Zusak 536)‚ and “A few cars drove by‚ each way. Their drivers were Hitlers and Hubermanns‚ and Maxes‚ killers‚ Dillers‚ and Steiners…I wanted to tell the book thief many things‚ about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate
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As I was finishing The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ my mind was racing‚ and my heart was heavy from sympathy for the characters. In truth‚ if it weren’t for this assignment‚ I most likely would have never picked up this book. I’ve read so many novels on the Holocaust that I’ve become uninterested and blasé to reading about the topic in all. This book was different. It was written in a unique and beautiful way‚ and the stories were completely new. If I were to rate this book‚ from A-F (A being the
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and screens could end up with a bad outcome and could be bad for their health. Teenagers know screens could cause them to lose sleep‚ become more anxious‚ and even stop communicating with the outside world (Schupak‚ Amanda “Does Technology”). The Book Thief by Markus Zusak has a similar theme. Liesel‚ the main character
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Year 11 Assessment: Changing Perspectives RELATED TEXTS ASSESSMENT – ADVANCED ENGLISH 1) Prescribed Text – The Book Thief a. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/characters/key concerns). (100 words only) ‘The Book Thief’ by Mark Zusak The Book Thief is a story of a young german girl named Liesel Meminger in Nazi Germany during world war 2. At age nine her brother drops dead in front of her and when Death himself comes to collect his newest soul‚ he becomes fascinated with
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‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘The Book Thief’ In novels‚ the author creates a focus on a relationship - between enemies or friends‚ a parent and child‚ or husband and wife. In the two texts‚ The Book Thief‚ and The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas this is a aspect that is featured in both‚ the relationship between children. The Book Thief focuses on the relationship between Liesel and Rudy‚ two of the characters. In The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas the relationship that is focused on is between
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Death is the narrator of this story and begins by explaining his work. He talks about how the first time he saw The Book Thief ( Liesel Meminger) was when her brother (Werner) died on a train and he took his soul. Liesel and her mother get off the train to bury Werner and this was the first time the Book Thief stole a book The Grave Diggers Handbook was found in the snow when one of the grave diggers dropped it. Her mom then took her to her new foster parents in Mulching on Himmel street. Liesel’s
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receive words as direction while others use them in negative ways. Words are highly influential on Liesel’s life in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. When Liesel stole her first book‚ it was “the beginning of an illustrious career” (29). Liesel’s obsession with stealing books is ironic because she was in act of seeking revenge while she could not read or write. Stealing her first book opened Liesel up to a world filled with words and grammar. As she stared at The Grave Digger’s Handbook‚ “touching the
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Bread‚ the accordion‚ and books may all be simple‚ meaningless items but not in the “Book Thief.” Throughout the novel‚ there is a plethora of symbolism that helps the reader savvy the purpose and theme. The three main components‚ that contain similarities and differences‚ are bread‚ the accordion‚ and books. Although the duration of symbolism in the “Book Thief” by Markus Zusak relates to each other‚ they also contain differences. Overall‚ bread‚ the accordion‚ and books share similarities and differences
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The death of Liesel‚ the book thief‚ starts out the book for us. They are on their way on a train with their mother to their foster parent’s home. This also sparks Liesel’s love for reading later in the book‚ and it also was one of the moments that Liesel had constant nightmares about. Liesel arrives on Himmel street terrified and not knowing what her foster parents will be like. This also sets the setting of the novel and we meet some more main characters‚ Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The Hubermanns
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