Bless Me‚ Ultima Dialectical Journal Passages from the text and References: Commentary: 1. “The magical time of childhood stood still‚ and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood” (1.1). (P) This thought that Antonio has builds up the possibility that he will later form a deep connection and bond with the earth and nature. 2. “ The war sucks everything dry‚” my father said solemnly‚ “it takes the young boys overseas‚ and their families move to California where
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Liesel Meminger once said: “I have hated words and I have loved them‚ and I hope I have made them right‚” (538). Liesel Meminger (sometimes known as “The Book Thief”) is my hero. Liesel was girl in Nazi Germany who was given to a foster family when she was only nine. Her mother was a Communist and was taken away days after she was given away. Liesel is a brave‚ happy‚ and hardworking young girl that everyone should strive to be like. Liesel has lost and suffered so much in life. She was raised without
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In The Book Thief‚ guilt can be found as a recurring theme‚ especially in the cases of Hans Hubermann and Max. In a deeper analysis‚ the reason as to how and why can be answered. In the novel‚ Hans recalls how in WWI his life was spared from battle in France‚ but his friend Erik Vandenburg was not. For that purpose‚ he then lived the rest of his life in guilt‚ knowing how easily it could’ve been the reverse. Knowing the fact that Erik also was married‚ while he was not‚ further caused him more self-condemnation
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the film is often looked over. Close to all pivotal movie scenes contain the little background music‚ also known as underscore. This powerful audio element effects the way audiences feel and react to a scene. The underscore that is present in The Book Thief greatly impacted the tone‚ mood‚ and suspense of certain scenes. Three of these scenes that were greatly impacted by underscore were when the Nazi party came to check basements for air raid shelters‚ when Liesel writes her life story in the basement
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During World War II‚ the Jews had to endure suffering while the Germans lived in luxury. This was certainly incorrect. In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar
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The Book Thief “From the toolbox the boy took out‚ of all things‚ a teddy bear. He reached in through the torn windshield and placed it on the pilot’s chest” The quote is said near the end of Part Nine‚ after Rudy and Liesel find the enemy fighter pilot in his crashed plane and Rudy gives the pilot the teddy bear as he dies. Liesel and Rudy have become best friends and they share all of their secrets. Rudy is now aware of how Liesel borrows books from the mayor’s wife and on one occasion they
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English 22211 Journal Chapter 1: I felt anger and disbelief. Why couldn’t they have known where the Jews were being transported? They had many chances to run away and escape‚ but how could they have known what was waiting for them at the end of their “vacation”? Chapter
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Haverdink 1 Austin Haverdink Mr. Montalbano AP English‚ 2nd 20 January 2015 Quote Journals (13) Chapter 1 . “I’d never yell ‘Good luck!’ at anybody. It sounds terrible‚ when you think about it” (Salinger 16). I found this quote very peculiar at first‚ because most people would interpret someone saying “good luck” as a sincere farewell‚ but then as I thought about the context in which it is used it dawned on me that Holden was right to some extent. The saying “good luck” is not always a
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A girl who steals books and a person who collects souls‚ it’s an unusual combination that works.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a novel that follows a young girl named Liesel Meminger in Nazi Germany. The Narration is done by “Death”‚ a soul collecting immortal. Having Death as the narrator creates a dark and dreary tone. Death as a character is very cynical and depressing ‚ he’s the exact opposite of what you would expect the grim reaper to be.The dramatic irony caused by death’s comments‚enhances
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forces. There is internal conflict - There is internal conflict – where you are wrestling in your own mind with an issue‚ and there is external conflict - such as man vs. man‚ man vs. nature‚ or man vs. society. Examples of internal conflict in The book Thief are when Liesel struggled to decide whether or not to steal from Ilsa Hermann. “Could she truly carry out what she was thinking? Could she really seek revenge on a person like this? Could she despise someone this much?” Another one is when she has
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