Title: The Book Thief Author: Marcus Zusak Text type: Novel The Book Thief is a book about having the courage to stand up for what you believe in and do what you believe to be the right thing. I was extremely impressed at how the actions of Liesel and her foster parents reflected these themes of bravery and morality. I think these themes are relevant in today’s society because people often copy what everyone else is doing even when they know it is not right
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creative response I produced a 3 dimensional‚ patterned Nazi flag with each layer of the flag placed inside the previous layer. The first layer of my creative is a red rectangular box patterned with lips‚ symbolic of kisses. The second layer is a circular box made of images of snow‚ ice and delicate snowflakes. The final layer of my creative is folded black card‚ forming a spring-like Nazi swastika with the head and tail of an accordion stuck to either side. This creative was in response to the novel
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The Book Thief - Constructed Response Writing Assignment 1 - Option 1 In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ the use of Death as a narrator impacts the tone of the story by making it mysterious and also sorrowful. The tone becomes mysterious because humans do not have a very good understanding of death and what happens when one dies‚ and it becomes sorrowful because Death allows the audience to witness and understand the deaths of so many people in the war and in life. The use of Death as a narrator
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The Book Thief “Even death has a heart.” (The Book Thief‚ pg 242) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a book of death‚ love‚ and survival. There is the death of a friend‚ love of a parent‚ and survival of those who can take it. World War II was a devastating period and many did not have the mental strength to survive it. The Book Thief is about Liesel Meminger and all her accounts with death and how she coped with it‚ how she survives it all through words. The book is narrated by Death‚ and throughout
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the book thief about beauty and brutality‚ both of which Liesel has experienced numerous times throughout the course of her long life. The life of the book thief perfectly represents the concept of beauty in the wake of brutality. Liesel went through many heart-breaking events throughout her life. From losing her brother to the death of her beloved foster parents‚ Liesel stood strong through it all. When it looked like things would never get better‚ she stood tall. The book thief saw
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Haley Dorman English 113 Final Project Mrs. Luby The story of the Book Thief The book that I read was “The Book Thief.” This book was written by Mark Zusak in the year of 2006. Mark lives in Australia where he was raised by a German mother and an Australian Father. He has made a career as being a young adult author. This book has been given many awards and for a very good reason because it is a tale that is very worth remembering. It is about death‚ loss‚ and sadness‚ but that love can
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A’s”(Zusak pg.3). Death uncloaks himself and steps out of the shadows extending his hand to greet the reader as soon as a copy of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is opened. With these words the narrator of the story‚ death‚ describes himself in a manner that one would never have imagined before‚ making the power of words shine bright on the first page. Throughout The Book Thief‚ the power‚ irony‚ and usefulness of literature is shown in the setting of Nazi Germany during World War II. A young girl by the
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Analyse how an important event at the beginning shaped outcomes in an extended written text. In the book ‘The Book Thief’‚ Markus Zusak the author has used the theme of colours in the prologue. The theme of colours has been used to show how Death sees colours and what these colours mean to Death in his perspective. Markus Zusak uses the techniques of imagery to show this. We also see Deaths perspective on humanity‚ how he dislikes humans‚ their behaviour‚ their thoughts‚ their actions‚ this is
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In the first chapters of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ the protagonist Liesel Meminger experiences conflicts which drive her actions‚ actions which represent clutching to the memories of what once was. Liesel experiences shock and suffering at the traumatic death of her brother‚ Werner. "... With [w]ith one eye open‚ one still in a dream..." (p. 29) describes Liesel’s reaction‚ a state of shock‚ at the moment she realizes her brother is dead and the image of "... His blue eyes stared at the floor
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The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Presented to: Ms. Graham Written by: Laura Daunais March 20th 2012 ENG406-04 In the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak‚ words have a huge impact on individuals. Everything that’s going on in the world changes the way that the characters are and how they react to specific events. In this essay the reader will understand about how the characters are most affected by words‚ these three characters are Liesel‚ a young girl who moved to Munich as a foster
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