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    Max is strength‚ he fights throughout the story and never gives up. Max’s sacrifices throughout The Book Thief shines a light on his character and what he values most. Sacrifices bring forth regret and show another side of a character. Max‚ leaving his family‚ shows lots of character and brings for lots of regret. A multitude of questionable decisions were made during the lifetime of Max Vandenburg. One of those decisions‚ leaving his family‚ was the most impactful choice Max ever made. This act

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    Similes In The Book Thief

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    novella The Book Thief (2005)‚ explains that fear in Nazi Germany was widespread World War II. His explanation is illustrating through allusions‚ highlighting the fact that fear was rampant through similes‚ and displaying fear through oxymorons. The purpose of this novella is to exhibit fear in order to reveal the life of Germans in the 1940’s. Zusak’s somber‚ yet comedic‚ informal novella to young readers shows the angle of German citizens during World War II and the fear during that time. Zusak

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    Man On Fire, By Tony Scot

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    The movie “man on fire” by Tony Scot is about a burned-out ex-CIA assassin‚ who has given up on life. Creasy’s friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to 9 year-old Pita‚ daughter of a businessman Ramos and his wife Lisa. His interested in being Pita’s bodyguard is really small‚ but for lack of something better to do‚ he agrees to be her bodyguard‚ however Creasy couldn’t stand her and her annoyance questions about him and his life. But slowly‚ she gets through his impenetrable

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    Summary Of The Book Thief

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    details and events in this story. This book takes place in Molching‚ Germany from 1939 to 1943. The setting and time makes this story take place during World War II. Were this family is located has such a major part in the plot line. One of the main character named Max Vanderburgh is Jewish. He is on the run‚ trying to survive and make it through this horrific time. The reason why Max’s religion is so dangerous is because during the holocaust Adolf Hitler targeted Jews. He destroyed their

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    Analysis Of The Book Thief

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    looking for a way to bring a stop to this. They try to set them up the first time but fail. Jessica figures out that the rest of the crew has been trying to set them up. She call them and talk to them but they didn’t listen. They told her they want to get rid of Domingo. She try to talk them out‚ but they refused. Jessica try to keep Domingo in the loop as to what is going on. They try to set Domingo up for the second time. They break into a store and close the door behind Domingo and left. But

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    The Lightning Thief By: Rick Riordan Journal #1 In the beginning of this story we meet Percy Jackson‚ a 12 year old “demigod.” Demigods are superhuman mortals born of the Gods. They are half man‚ half god and wield powers connected to the powers of their Olympian parent. Percy had no clue of what he was or what he was capable of. During a school field trip to the museum‚ Percy was not feeling well. He was seeing weird things such as water flying in the air and his teacher teleporting

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    BOOK THIEF NOTES

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    Prolouge/Part 1 The Grave Digger’s Handbook 2-80 January 1939‚ Liesel Meminger is 9 years old. Liesel Meminger (the book thief)‚ and her brother are traveling with their mother by train to Himmel ("Heaven") Street in the small town of Molching‚ where Liesel and her brother going to live with foster parents‚ Rosa Hubermann and her husband Hans Hubermann. Her father was a communist. Werner (her brother) dies‚ and Death (the narattor) takes his spirit. Two days later‚ Liesel’s brother

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    Cyrano ATD Romeo and Juliet The Book Thief Recognizing Diversity In the story‚ there is a war going on between the Spaniards and the Frenchmen. Cyrano and his cadets‚ are sent by De Guiche to the frontline of the war to fight and defend France. There is a spy under the command of De Guiche that tells the Spaniards to attack‚ basically sending his own Frenchmen into death. Junior lives on an poor Indian Reservation‚ but goes to school at a rich‚ white people school. He was shunned at first because

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    picture shows significance because the man showed empathy to the girl and he cared about how bad she was living. It also shows that the man gave his sandals to her because she needed it more than he did. This picture is similar to the scene in the Book Thief where Hans Hubermann offers a piece of bread to the Jew. Personal Reflection Personally‚ I think that relationships do not always involve two people who are in love with each other‚ but it also involves friendship and family. In fact‚ I think that

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    The Mind of a Child Thief

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    The Mind of a Child Thief If you get in the habit of stealing I believe it always starts out in people as they are young adults or children. It’s greatly enforced by peer pressure‚ or in some cases‚ just wanting to have everything you couldn’t. For me once I got in it‚ it was hard to get out and almost became a routine and a drug to steal‚ such as my case making me a kleptomaniac. The need to do it for my case came from the thrill and adrenaline I got from doing it every time as well as having such

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