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    words to rule‚ and soon‚ his words turned into trees‚ but Max and Liesel’s bond grew further than any of Hitler’s word trees did. Max was able to evoke emotions of love and friendship out of Liesel‚ even if it was through a book. Max and Liesel’s story is just one example‚ but books‚ poems‚ the internet‚ music‚ and much more can be used to spread the power of words as well. When people have favorite songs or poems‚ it is usually of the words that evoke certain emotions out the reader. They are able to

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    In the novel “The Book Thief”‚ a young girl is forced to live in a world full of greed for power and hatred for others. The young girl‚ Liesel Meminger loses people she loves and is forced to go live with foster parents and live in Germany during the time of World War two. Liesel has a tough time breaking into her new life‚ she becomes close with her foster dad‚Hans Hubermann‚ whom she calls papa. Papa teaches Liesel to read because Liesel stole a book and could not read it. This helps Liesel grow

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    cripples ninety percent of the population‚ yet it is a problem for me. My problem is finding amazing books about major parts in history that don’t make me want to take a flying leap off a bridge or fall asleep. Enter: The Book Thief‚ the best historical fiction book that I have ever read. It would be especially easy for me to ramble on for pages and pages on why The Book Thief is the best historical fiction book‚ but that isn’t really what I’m supposed to do with this essay. So I am going to start with a

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    streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on‚ coughing and searching‚ and finding” (Zusak 536)‚ and “A few cars drove by‚ each way. Their drivers were Hitlers and Hubermanns‚ and Maxes‚ killers‚ Dillers‚ and Steiners…I wanted to tell the book thief many things‚ about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate

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    13 December 2010 Funke‚ Cornelia. The Thief Lord. New York: Scholastic Inc.‚ 2000. 345 Reading Assignment A3. The Thief Lord is about two brothers‚ who live with their aunt and uncle. When Esther and Max want to adopt Bo after their mother’s death so the boys decide to run away to Venice‚ Italy. The boys arrive in Venice and are taken in by four other orphans: Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ and their mysterious leader‚ Scipio‚ or "The Thief Lord." The children survive by selling the things that Scipio

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    In The Book Thief‚ readers follow through the childhood of Liesel Meminger‚ a young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany during World War II‚ all through the interesting perspective of Death. After losing her entire family‚ she is adopted into a new family‚ and gradually adapts to a new life in the town of Molching‚ on a street named Himmel. She learns how to live with her two adoptive parents: a stern‚ “small wardrobe-sized” mother who swears “Saumensch” on a daily basis‚ and a father who plays

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    Hannah Reed November 6‚ 2013 Exploring Markus Zusak’s use of Death as a Narrator in The Book Thief Word Count: 3‚496 Abstract The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is narrated by Death who tells the story of Liesel Meminger. The reader can learn a lot about Death through his narration. Consequently this essay focuses on the question: what effect may Death’s narration in The Book Thief have on the reader and what does the reader learn about Death? Death is a metafictional and

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    the author would do well to maintain accuracy to the historical record‚ and as such‚ Mark Zusak’s The Book Thief offers profound insight into the social attitudes of all shades of German during the Nazi era. While many historical similarities can be found between the novel and reality‚ a more abstract approach can be used to identify the differences. Though some discrepancies between The Book Thief and the real historical account of WWII are evident‚ the similarities in terms of the power of words

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    Cited: * Zusak‚ Markus. The Book Thief. USA: Knopf‚ 2006 * http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eleanorroo141470.html

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    Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief’ is narrated by Death who describes the story of a nine year old German girl called Liesel Meminger. She was given by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939. In this novel‚ Death is interested by humans and the colours of the world‚ but he struggles to decode how humans are capable of so much beauty but at the same time ugliness. Death shows an interest in Liesel’s story and describes the incidents in her life. His opinions

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