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    In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ Hans Hubermann is a man of few words‚ however he is also a man of impeccable character. Continuously‚ Hans does acts of superior quality. He takes in the orphaned Liesel‚ he teaches the illiterate foster child to read and gives his love. Another somewhat unintelligent but daring move made by Mr. Hubermann is the fact he goes against the Nazi party multiple times. Hans is also true to himself‚ he does not join due to his strong beliefs and stays spirited during it

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    Zusak‚ Markus. The Book Thief. Place of Publication: Alfred A. Knopf. March 2006. The reason‚ Type‚ and Setting: I selected this book because I had heard many good things about it from past teachers and students. I had planned to complete this book my sophomore year but never got around to it. The book falls into the category of historical fiction and is incredibly enthralling‚ and realistic. The majority of the novel takes place in Mulching‚ Germany while it was under Hitler’s rule. Plot: The

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    My choice for my book report is the lightning thief by Rick Riordan‚ it was called the lightning thief because Percy Jackson who is the protagonist of the story was accused of stealing the weapon of Zeus (the lightning bolt) Percy had two friends in camp half-blood namely Grover and Annabeth. These two people help our hero Percy in his quest to prove that he did not steal the lightning bolt from Zeus. There is also Luke‚ the real lightning thief‚ who acted nice to Percy in order to frame him up

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    probably the biggest mistake they would ever make. The lives the characters in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak have to live are full of fear that they are either going to get killed or they did something to anger the Nazi soldiers or their supreme leader. Liesel Meminger and others overcome abandonment and loss‚ learn the effective and dangerous powers of words‚ experience love and trust (some for the first time in ages)‚ and feel guilty. In the novel‚ Liesel and others feel abandoned and

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    Hans Hubermann of The Book Thief who are both significant characters in the novel. Lesiel is the main character of the book while Hans is her foster father. At the beginning of the novel‚ the relationhip between them is filled with unfamilarity as both characters do not know a lot about each other. But Lesiel immediately accepts him as her foster father. Over time‚ Lesiel started to appreciate Han’s presence and the relationship became that of mutual trust. As time passes‚ Hans did many things

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    rob. The thief try to use his hand into the girl’s pocket‚ at that moment‚ I don’t know how to do it‚ i just stand in there and watched the “movie” beginning. Yep‚ the bad time always appear the hero. The women begin to crying‚ when her know her money was steal. The hero appear suddenly. The heart use the hands caught the thief’s arm. The thief begin to run‚ but he can’t run out the hero’s hands. so the thief began to fight with the hero. I called the 110 before the hero appear‚ the thief was dragged

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    The Book Thief is novel written by Markus Zusak is a book about a little girl named Liesel‚ who loves to read book and also steals them. Throughout the story‚ the narrator “Death” spoils the information‚ leaving out certain parts of the information‚ making us question why and how. He spoils by saying that Rudy’s going to die‚ Himmel Street is going to be bombed‚ and that he saw the book thief three times. Zusak uses foreshadowing to make us‚ the readers more interested in why and how the events in

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    Markus Zusak is an Australian author best known for writing The Book Thief. The Book Thief is narrated by Death and is the story of Liesel Meminger‚ a nine year old German girl who goes to live with her foster parents‚ Rosa and Hans Hubermann in Molching. The Book Thief takes place in 1939‚ right before the beginning of World War 2. One of the many themes shown in The Book Thief is the theme of identity and belonging. The book portrays the struggles the characters go through to find their sense of

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    The Book Thief Response “Death and Chocolate” 1. The novel’s point of view switched back and forth between First Person Limited to Third Person Limited. The Prologue of the story is in First Person Limited narrated by Death. He speaks of his so called “job” of collecting souls from corpses‚ and how he distracts himself by the colors of the skies and how the colors vary throughout the day. After introducing himself he begins the story of “the book thief” a young girl named Liesel and her encounters

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    Liesel In The Book Thief

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    Liesel‚ being the main character‚ comes across plenty of tragedy throughout the book. There’s no question. Though we do not know much about her life previous to her residency at the Hubermann’s household‚ we can definitely say that she is full of misery. Her tragedies at the start and her relationships for the duration of the book taught her that there is much more to life than just sleeping‚ eating‚ and working. She learns that life is about loving not hating. Liesel does not shower at the beginning

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