can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” Many people wonder what importance life has and this quote answers it all. Everyone is so important because everybody has the potential to do incredible things. Markus Zusak’s novel‚ The Book Thief shows us this. It is told from the perspective of Death and set during the time of the Holocaust. The story follows a German girl‚ Liesel‚ who moves to live with her foster parents‚ Hans and Rosa Huberman. It tells her story while she lived in Germany
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ago. They tell of good and bad‚ have no filter‚ and are the closest we’ll get to time travel. In days when everything is in constant change‚ it’s nice to have something that will stay the same. We get a glimpse into the past from the stories The Book Thief and The Help. Though they are different stories‚ they all teach us about the life and struggles of someone from their respective times. When we take the time to look at specific characters‚ we see some similarities and differences. Some of these
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Individual vs society is shown In the Book thief in many ways. In The Book Thief‚ there are many instances when the smaller‚ personal world of Liesel comes into contact with the larger German society of World War II and the Holocaust going on around them. Books give Liesel as an individual a better world than the one she’s in. She has a better society when she’s in her own world. Reading books is something she can control has an individual. Liesel reads books so she can stop being bullied for having
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Snow Falling on Cedars and The Book Thief The word prejudice has been used too many times in the history of our country. Throughout wars‚ as well as immigrants entering the country‚ that word has been tossed around like it means nothing‚ but to those who have been persecuted against‚ it means a lot. The Japanese-Americans and the Jews both have had their fair share of persecution mostly leading back to the Second World War. In Snow Falling on Cedars and The Book Thief the war caused an economic downturn
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Children in Poverty Markus Zusak‚ author of The Book Thief‚ does a wonderful job portraying the life of Liesel Meminger‚ a poor German girl suffering the effects of poverty‚ yet trying to make the best of life where it seems most unlikely. He expresses her hardships in such a realistic way that makes the reader feel sympathy for his characters--all of which are struck with poverty. Child poverty has been around for years and is still caused by problems in family structure‚ educational issues‚ and
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The film ‘V for Vendetta’ (2005)‚ one sees the power of words in the statement “I am an Idea‚ ideas never die” (V for Vendetta‚ 2005)‚ this statement elevates one to create their own thoughts and opinions to convey meaning and consciousness to abroad society‚ and that is demoralized‚ and in some cases deemed as taboo subjects. Ideas reveal the power of language‚ how it can be used as a weapon of destruction or peace‚ words never die if they changed the world‚ this is in relation to the death theme
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The Deer Thief 1. Title of the book: Gates in English reading 4 2. Title of the story: The deer thief 3. Author: Araceli L. Jabal 4. Characters: main-hunter Supporting-thief‚ justice of the peace 5. Setting: time-one day Place-on the forest 6. Brief summary: A hunter was out hunting one day on the forest and killed a deer. Since it was very late in the day‚ he couldn’t take the de er home. He skinned it. He hang it as high as hecould
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about the constant workloads that war puts on his shoulders. Further more‚ there is even a part in the book where death indicates that he is loyal to Hitler’s causes since he took up hundreds and thousands of lives. Death attempts to resist Liesel because his hands are full. However he is unable to get away from her tragic life story‚ as she gives to her family and friends‚ and her interest in books. The ugly and beautiful thing about the characters is the war surrounded by humans is ugly and the love
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The main characters in Heart of Darkness and The Book Thief habit eras dominated by powerful ideologies resulting in inequality and persecution. Marlow (Heart of Darkness) growing up in England under colonialism and Liesel (The Book Thief) in Germany under Nazism‚ are witnesses of traumatic events. Nevertheless‚ the persistent dedication of both characters allows them to uncover the dark nature of their individual societies. Ultimately‚ this leads Liesel to discover a moral role for herself within
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May 31‚ 2011 Title: The Thief Lord Author: Cornelia Funke Kind of Book: Historical fiction Characters: Bo‚ Prosper‚ Scipio (Thief Lord)‚ Victor Getz‚ Ida Spavento‚ Barbarossa‚ Conte‚ Morosina‚ Aunt Esther‚ Uncle Max‚ Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ Dottor Massimo‚ and other servants and animals. Summary: The Thief Lord is about two orphaned boys named Prosper and Bo running away from Hamburg‚ Germany to Venice‚ Italy. The boys have run away from their aunt who only wants to keep
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