Award winning novelist‚ Mark Zusak‚ in his 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
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Runaway children in need How would you feel if a child family member was sold for sex in order to survive? I personally would feel annoyed at why he/she would sell themselves when there are a lot of more other suitable jobs out there. Child prostitution is no different really compared to the millions of people who sleep around every day‚ you get paid so that’s one upside to it. But on the other hand i would feel concerned because child prostitution can lead to sexually transmitted diseases and
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Shaheed Awati Ms.Pindar ENG2D April 17‚ 2015 The Book Thief Essay The Book Thief written by Mark Zusak‚ which is narrated by Death who is also a character in the story. Death states‚ “It’s just a small story really‚ about‚ among things: A small girl‚ some words‚ an accordionist‚ some fanatical Germans‚ a Jewish fist fighter‚ and quite a lot of thievery” (Zusak 5). Humans are capable of both great compassion and great evil based
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Question: Analyse how an idea is developed in texts you have studied. Many meaningful language features and techniques are used by Markus Zusak in the historical fiction novel; The Book Thief to develop the idea of humanities extremes. Throughout this book these techniques work together to demonstrate the utter distinction between man-kinds potential for both beauty and cruelty. The idea of humanity is developed through specific use of juxtaposition‚ narrator’s perspective and symbolism. This
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aspect is the way the war is told. In the play‚ “The Diary of Anne Frank”‚ and the novel‚ “The Book Thief”‚ the main characters‚ Anne and Liesel‚ face similar and different struggles during the most destructive war in history‚ World War II. However‚ their points of view of the war differ from each other in numerous ways. To begin‚ the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” and the book “The Book Thief” have numerous similarities‚ one of which being the internal struggle among both of the main characters
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1 Ethics‚ Person and Society The Book Thief by Markus Zusak A01330075 2 The Holocaust have been analyzed over and over again by many scholars‚ because of the cruelty and lack of empathy that several people showed towards the Jewish people during this time. Because of this‚ many works‚ both fictional and nonfictional‚ have been created on the subject. The Book Thief is a novel that shows the dilemma that some Germans went through during World War II: to hide a Jew and risk your life
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¨ I am all bluster- I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.¨ The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ is a heartfelt novel‚ which tells a story about a young girl living in Germany‚ but if we go beyond the surface‚ you will find a terrified child trying to escape the gruesome reality by going into the world of books with the help of her foster parents. This story is very awestrucking because Death tells the story of Liesel‚ and there is no bias because he doesn’t have any feelings and
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The Book Thief is a very interesting and informative story‚ written by Markus Zusak. The author’s attention to detail and his wonderful voice that was shown throughout this story was impeccable. The voice of death the novel portrays as the narrator is a very clever and creative idea that made the novel even better.This novel had three central themes. Death‚ love‚ and effectiveness of words were very important and key themes throughout this story. This story commences in January 1939‚ with a 9 year-old
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the book thief is a book about a Nazi family hiding a jew in their basement even though the consequence is death if they get caught. in the story a girl steals multiple numbers of books from the mayors house or anywhere she can find them. the girls friend Rudy is thought as an academic failure until he is involved in a after school program with boys his age. then he also is known as a great athlete after winning the 1500‚ 400 ‚ and more yard dashes in a row. Liesel also reads her stolen books to
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In The Book Thief‚ a story by Markus Zusak‚ Liesel is trying to live through Nazi Germany during World War II. Liesel Meminger is a curious young girl who did not start as the book thief. Her first stolen book wasn’t intended to be stolen‚ it had simply been left behind; When her brother died‚ she picked up The Grave Digger’s Handbook. When she arrived at her foster parent’s home‚ it wasn’t long before her papa discovered this book. He taught her to read and it began Liesel’s obsession with words
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