Markus Zusak’s sanguine novel The Book Thief illustrates the austere story of a Jewish foster girl living amidst the cruelty and devastation of World War II. Liesel Meminger, an intelligent and kind-hearted youngster stricken by family tragedy, must contend with both physical and emotional conflict as she and her friends cope with the atrocities of life in Nazi Germany. In spite of the chaos encompassing their lives, Liesel and her allies manage to find peace and resilience through love and compassion.…
The citizens of Leningrad during German’s siege of the city suffered through horrors that left them and their country forever scarred. Somewhere between the opulent officials of the Red Army and the cannibals roaming the streets of Piter were citizens like Lev and Kolya, one a Jewish looter and the other an Aryan deserter. After meeting in a prison cell they are tasked to collect a dozen eggs in exchange for their lives. David Benioff’s City of Thieves is a case study of their unlikely relationship which uses the inhumanities of a besieged Leningrad as a backdrop. The humor employed by the two protagonists as well as their ever-improving relationship is used by Benioff to contrast with the bleak setting in which the book takes place.…
The Book Thief is a novel by Markus Zusak about a girl during World War Two who becomes a foster child after her mother abandons her. In this novel, the basic theme is love. Love is everything. Love is in our minds and in our hearts. In this book there are two ways love happens, when it sneaks up on you like a due date for an essay or full frontal force like a threatening hurricane. Sometimes we do not realize that we love someone until its too late. Sadly we see this tragedy of losing the people we love in the novel.…
Children these days worry about many things, from having the newest style of clothing, to fitting in with friends. Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak had many more serious things to worry about. Being a foster girl from Munich in Nazi Germany during World War II also treats Leisel horribly, for she runs into many problems. Not only is World War II terrifying for Liesel, but it is also terrifying to many people in her life. This book is considered a classic because Liesel’s life as a righteous Gentile is relatable, captivating, and universally accepted.…
An enthusiastic, playful child (signifier) successfully apprehends the burglar (signifier) while playing detective (consumer need) and the realistic aspect of the Tommy-Burst Detective Set (advertising appeal) is perfect for a child who wants his play to mimic real-life activity with firearms (values/lifestyle). The inclusion of a badge, wallet and ID card signify that with Mattel’s detective kit, there is little obvious difference in the eyes of a child between play and real-life private detective…
once good community. The greed and quest for power blurs the truth of many in the town of…
• In order to conceptualise the theme of greed, different elements of images as well as phrases have been used on the poster, in line with the development of the plot in the drama “Gulp and Gasp”. • Enlisted are: the golden key, Lord Septic, the railway station, the rose petals, as well as the saying “Hell has three gates: Lust, Anger and Greed” adapted from the holy Hindu scripture – Bhagavad Gita.…
Tayari Jones wrote, “I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated”. The novel, City of Thieves written by David Benioff demonstrates compelling consequences faced when a social injustice is present in a given society. City of Thieves is based off of World War II, in a society where people are mistreated for a variety of reasons. German soldiers take advantage of innocent women and force sexual relations in exchange for just enough food in order to survive. Russian Colonel, Grechko, gives…
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” This means that most people don’t conquer their fears, but rather let their fears conquer them. It is important for people to accept fate and move on to face and conquer their fears. Fear is a part of everyone’s lives, and fear can exist for any totally diverse reasons. Such as, the fear of death, or something more miniscule such as the fear of heights, or the fear of the dark. These fears, no matter what they are, cannot be escaped, people are forced to accept fate and face their fears. In both “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer and “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury, the characters cannot escape their fears, and they must face them, one way or another. In “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer, there is a family who has a fear of the outside world. The family takes every precaution possible to protect their only son, who they loved very much. The story quotes “And he brought the little boy's tricycle from the garden into the house every night, because if the house was surely secure, once locked and with the alarm set, someone might still be able to climb over the wall or the electronically closed gates into the garden.” This shows that even though the family had a superlative security system, and a wall protecting them, they cannot escape their growing fear of the outside world. To make their house even more secure the family upgrades their fence to have “razor blade coils”. One day the young boy was playing outside and got himself entangled into the knifelike fence. When they finally retrieved him from the fence, he was a bleeding mass of the little boy. Although the parents were only trying to protect the young boy, they ended up killing him. If they only would’ve accepted fate and faced their fear of the outside world, their precious son would’ve lived. Nadine Gordimer wrote this distasteful ending to help prove…
Facing one's fear takes a lot of courage. One of the fear that I've ever had was going to the dentist. I was afraid of the dentist, but I decided that being checked up and have my teeth cleaned was an important hygiene that I should do. I also thought it would be a part of good hygiene and would help me become a better person. What I didn't realize was that facing my fear to see the dentist would also make me a more confident person.…
Nasru’s dad knew that this would be an important lesson for his son. As he turned from his walk Nasru’s dad noticed a small cloth bag on the street. He picked it up and was shocked to find that the bag was full of gold coins! Being an honest man, he looked around to find the owner who had dropped the bag. But there was no one around. Nasru’ dad rushed home, confident that he had two important lesson for Nasru to learn.…
The children face danger and adventure in the underbelly of the city. They are kidnapped, enslaved, and chased. But at every turn the children overcome obstacles and the evil plans of their tormentors with their wits and great courage, and a boy finds the hero in himself. I've rarely read such an empowering…
How can people say dogs are cute and cuddly? They're robust, agile and dangerous. Their teeth could rip through your skin as easy as a knife can slice through butter. I wouldn't say that that's cute and cuddly at all. Dogs have scared me ever since I can first remember, and yet my fear of them has got increasingly worse. No matter the size or shape, the simple fact is I'm absolutely terrified of 'man's best friend'.…
The metropolitan city Karachi has descended into a state of fear. The unstoppable violence, crimes, robberies, target killings, suicide bomb blasts, kidnapping for ransom, riots, sectarian and ethnic killings, and abhorrent terrorism have made the city of lights, the capital of terror and constant fear. There is hardly any crime that is not prevalent in Karachi. The prospect of dying is frightening the innocent citizens. Threat, sacrifices, terror, agony and frustration has gripped us. I, too being a Karachiite, fear dying here while my city burns, where the law fears itself and there’s no light showing at the end of the tunnel.…
The individual project that I did was Blood donation for the first time and STD Testing for the first time. For both of these projects I was so scared of doing. I am scared of needles when it comes to me getting poked by it. But I found out about the blood donation by walking around campus and there were signs up all over the campus about a blood drive in October. I found out about the STD testing by looking at the syllabus and looking to see my other options and I saw STD testing. So I talked to Tiffany Stacy who said she had done the STD testing so I could get more information on the STD test.…