by indigenous Hutu extremists. While most of the world took no action to stop the bloodshed‚ Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager‚ curtained more than a thousand Tutsis inside his hotel. Similarly in The Book Thief‚ one such man‚ Hans Hubermann‚ put his own and his family’s life at risk to save a Jew. Hans Hubermann took a Jew‚ named Max Vandenburg‚ into his home to save him from imprisonment even when it went against everything he was taught about. At that time‚ the Jews‚ according to Hitler‚ were
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Chapter 4: 1. Elie’s first impression of the camp at Buna was that it looked empty and dead as if an epidemic had hit. 2. Elie and his father have to work in a factory where they fix electrical circuits. 3. The Jewish dentist is caught stealing the prisoner’s gold teeth and was ordered to be hung. 4. The part of Elie’s body that is aware of the passage of time is his stomach because he goes a long time without getting anything to eat. 5. Idek accused Elie’s father of being lazy
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In “The Book Thief‚” a lot of themes are present‚ but one of the predominant themes happens to be the power of words. Throughout the book‚ Liesel Meminger as well as Hans Hubermann‚ and Max Vandenburg‚ use the power of words to “escape” the horrors of Germany. It was not only that the power of words had a positive impact; it also had a negative one on society. In the novel‚ the power of words seems to give an antipathetic impact‚ but it was not always like that. As previously stated‚ the power of
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The Book Thief Dialectical Journal Assignment Due on/before ________________________ The Assignment: 1. In your notebook‚ complete a dialectical journal** (two-column notes) in which you discuss your author’s language and style. (See “Ideas for Analyzing Text.”) 2. Meet the required number (15) of concrete details in your journal notes. * See the page labeled “How to Choose Quotations…” for these requirements. *Dialectic: “The art or practice of arriving at the truth by using conversation involving
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Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief has a good example of this within it’s pages. Alex Steiner‚ a German shop owner‚ does not support the Nazis or Anti-Semitism‚ but still joins the party‚ so he can get more business‚ and therefore more food and money for his wife and kids. An even
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A Man‚ a Bicycle‚ and His Family Roger Ebert proclaims that after watching the movie‚ The Bicycle Thief‚ many years later it still has strength and freshness. Godfrey Cheshire said that it had “brilliant conviction”. These two critics seem to have something in common. They both loved and see brilliance in a movie that is standing the test of time. Neorealism is a genre that a viewer should not expect a happy ending for. It is just what it is‚ real. Both critics shed important insight into
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Not Conforming to Beliefs In both The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare‚ some characters demonstrate hypocrisy in their words and actions. Though there are other traits that the characters show‚ such as cruelty and mercy‚ hypocrisy is one of the more interesting ones. The Duke demonstrates hypocrisy in The Merchant of Venice during the trial scene when he punishes Shylock for not showing Antonio mercy. Antonio shows he is a hypocrite in The Merchant of
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force you to run away and find a new home. These are only a few things to worry about. Your life is constantly in danger-yet‚ all the while you have to keep calm and make good decisions. Well‚ that’s what a teenager named Liesel has to do in The Book Thief (2005) by Markus Zusak. The author suggests that belonging is an important part of life. Zusak supports this conclusion by using the structure of the novel to highlight the places Liesel has been accepted‚ the love and compassion she receives from
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The narrator is Death. He sees life in terms of colors because he views the world in terms of color. He understands his role and task in the world by using color The thing that was ironic about the first book LieseI stole that she didn’t know how to read yet she dug up a book that was about grave digging in a graveyard. The thing that is ironic about is that it relates to heaven‚ and the street didn’t have anything to do with heaven in the war. This statement should not be taken literally because
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several characters‚ many of which you grow to love and feel for. Several times in the book I was bawling my eyes out or crying for pure joy‚ it really gets to you on an emotional level. It has holocaust themes (obviously) but I would say that they are quite mild. People who are sensitive to these themes can quite easily skip over the details and continue reading on as the book will still make total sense. Reading this book my views of WWII completely changed--as this is not an Anne
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