The Book Thief, By Markus Zusak
Among many other things, I enjoy creating art, helping others, and adventuring the world around me. There is much more to a suburb than what meets the eye, and by the time I finish highschool, I want to have found all the little alcoves in my neighbourhood. Unfortunately, school already takes up a lot of my time, thus during the school year, I can not go outside as frequently as I can in the summer. I am uneasy at the thought that continuing to do IB will consume all of time, especially with large assignments like the extended essay and the requirement of CAS hours. This would further decrease the time I have for my hobbies and to spend time with my family and friends. Additionally, of all of my subjects, I find English the most difficult,
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I recently read The Trails of Apollo, which follows Apollo after Zeus turns him into a human by the name of Lester Papadopolous. Now a lanky teenage boy lacking the powers or looks of Apollo, the god of the sun, archery, and music, Lester finds himself thrown into a warzone when he arrives at Camp Half-blood. Campers have been going missing, including those of his children whom he has had a chance to bond with. Petrified, the camp expects as much from him as they do from all gods, and Lester slowly realizes just how useless he’s become, vowing to never shoot a bow or play music until he’s a god again. Lester, however, doesn’t give up, and goes on a journey to find his kids, facing betrayal and pure misery along the way.
In The Book Thief, the most important symbol was undoubtedly the books Liesel stole. Liesel’s books have power, previously forgotten or banned in an attempt to brainwash the public. When she steals these books, she is going against the Nazis and their orders. She was preventing the complete erasure of Jews, one book at a time. After losing her family, home, and almost everything she owned in the Himmel Street bombing, all Liesel has are the clothes on her back and the book she was writing. In that moment, books are the only thing she has left, symbolizing
I recently read The Trails of Apollo, which follows Apollo after Zeus turns him into a human by the name of Lester Papadopolous. Now a lanky teenage boy lacking the powers or looks of Apollo, the god of the sun, archery, and music, Lester finds himself thrown into a warzone when he arrives at Camp Half-blood. Campers have been going missing, including those of his children whom he has had a chance to bond with. Petrified, the camp expects as much from him as they do from all gods, and Lester slowly realizes just how useless he’s become, vowing to never shoot a bow or play music until he’s a god again. Lester, however, doesn’t give up, and goes on a journey to find his kids, facing betrayal and pure misery along the way.
In The Book Thief, the most important symbol was undoubtedly the books Liesel stole. Liesel’s books have power, previously forgotten or banned in an attempt to brainwash the public. When she steals these books, she is going against the Nazis and their orders. She was preventing the complete erasure of Jews, one book at a time. After losing her family, home, and almost everything she owned in the Himmel Street bombing, all Liesel has are the clothes on her back and the book she was writing. In that moment, books are the only thing she has left, symbolizing