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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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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Hubermann’s. The only item she takes with her is “The Gravedigger’s Handbook”‚ a book she had previously stolen from her brother’s graveside. While Liesel is settling into her new home Hans Hubermann teaches her to read‚ which makes her strive for more and more words. Soon enough Liesel is stealing books from the book burnings the Nazi’s put on‚ the Mayor’s home‚ basically anywhere and everywhere she can find books with words. As Liesel starts to grow closer to her foster father‚ Hans Hubermann
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My book report is going to be on the book Legend. The author is Marie Lu and is best seller in new york. It was Published on November 29‚ 2011 in the U.S and in the U.K on February 2012. The genre is a young adult fiction‚ and has 305 pages. The publisher is Putnam Juvenile. The book has interesting characters and has a very interesting plot. The Legend Marie Lu fiction provides how the relationship between a famous criminal and a prodigious detective might translate into a more modern story. Legend
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time to comfort her to learn and read as well as comfort her during those hard times. Later on‚ she learns that’s her parents were persecuted by the Nazis after being suspected to be communist. Notably‚ the mayor’s wife saw her stealing a book from burning book activity and later invites her to study in her library. Death is one of the main characters that is widely focused and used in the film. Despite giving the abilities of a living being as well as being the cynical narrator‚ death has the duty
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you can not control your fate. We had read many outside texts to supplement our understanding of The Book Thief. An example is John Donne’s poem‚ “Death Be Not Proud”‚ this one helped my understanding of the book and the world the most because it helped picture the different portrayals of death. The other readings helped my understanding of the novel by giving me some background knowledge of the book. For example‚ the Auschwitz article showed what it actually was like in the concentration camps. The
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or it might just get worse. In the fictional book‚ Story Thieves‚ James Riley used Owen to demonstrate‚ how getting into other peoples business‚ and using them for things isn’t right‚ and it can affect people and cause many problems. In the beginning of the fictional book Story Thieves‚ Owen was very curious about what Bethany had been doing with her book‚ so he went to go find out .On page 10‚ Owen witnessed Bethany pulling herself out of a book. Owen was shocked by this sight‚ and Bethany tried
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first published in the Utne Reader. Her husband Jim died in 1988 and due to that she kept a journal and later turned it in to a book called “Companion Through the Darkness‚ Inner Dialogues on Grief”. Her other works include ShameFaced (Hazelden Publications)‚ that is used for the last 25 years in chemical dependency treatment centers. She was also the editor of two books by Stephen Zuckerman: New Clichés for the 21st Century and Doc‚ What’s Up? Stephanie presently lives in Saint Paul‚ Minnesota.
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that she stole a book out of the celebratory fire. He promises not to tell Rosa‚ her mama. You also find out that the mayor’s wife was the mystery identity who saw her steal the book. Later‚ when she goes to the mayor’s house to pick up the washing‚ she fears Frau Hermann will scold her‚ but instead‚ the Frau invites her into her library room. That puts Liesel in awe and also makes her very happy. Everytime she goes to the Hermann house for the washing‚ she also reads a few books at a time‚ a few
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