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    there are also things that are in both the book and movie. No movie that is based on the book is the exact same as the movie‚ like here there are the differences and similarities of The Lightning Thief book‚ written by Rick Riordan and the movie directed by Chris Columbus. In the book The Lightning Thief there are several things that are in the book that are not in the movie. One thing that was difference is that the three demigods got the

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    Jackson and The Lightning Thief When books are made into movies‚ the movies are not always correct when it comes to carrying the information from the book to the movie. This usually leaves many irritated fans of the book. There are very few times that the movie is better than the book‚ but there are plenty of movies in which this is not the case. One example of these terrible movies is Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. Even the author‚ Rick

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    The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a story I have been wanting to read for a while. The problem for me was always that it was too long and I couldn’t keep reading it. I thought this unit would be the perfect instance for me to force myself to read all the way through. There are a few other reasons I chose to read this particular story and I like that it is told from such an interesting point of view. The time period is of interest to me as well; it seemed like the right time to read a Holocaust book

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    “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” is one of my favorite Percy Jackson books of all time. When a group of people decided to create the movie‚ I was bursting with joy. However‚ when I saw that so many things had changed‚ my excitement dropped. I was sad for quite a while but I learned to enjoy it. While watching the movie‚ I took notes on the similarities and differences between the movie and the book. In the movie‚ Percy Jackson is 16-years-old‚ in the book however‚ Percy was 12-years-old.

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    The thief. Owen Barns’ feet stomped up the steps into his house. He could smell the sweet aroma of his mom’s fresh lasagna drifting in from the kitchen. “Back from school?” she called out‚ “Anything extravagant happen today?” “Oh‚ same old‚ same old. ” Owen replied. He grabbed the remote and switched on the TV. The news station music was just coming on. “Good afternoon and thanks for watching the KCSX news at 5‚ your down the middle coverage of the Atlanta metro. A burglar has gotten away

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    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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    Why do you think the thief was an outcast? Suggest reasons why his fingers had been cut away. Why do you think the thief responds to the boy by surrendering? Explain the man’s punishment of the thief. Do you think he did the right thing? How does the boy feel about his father’s action? The thief was an outcast because he was by himself without anything but the butcher knife and the clothes on his back. The fingers on his right hand had been cut away most likely because he was an outcast probably

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    Character Essay – Ilsa Hermann‚ The Book Thief Ilsa Hermann is a minor character in The Book Thief. She is the wife of the mayor of Munich‚ and is suffering over the death of her son during World War II. Without Ilsa the book would be missing an important theme – the impacts of death. Ilsa is an interesting and significant character because she is unusual‚ she does not follow any stereotypes and it is through her that Markus Zusak conveys grief. Firstly‚ Ilsa remains quiet most of the time‚

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    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 are

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    everything. A few days later‚ the mayor’s wife knocks on the door of the Hubermann household and gives Liesel a blank book for Liesel to write her stories in. She begins to spend almost every night in the basement writing a story entitled‚ “The Book Thief‚” which is all about her life since she has arrived in Molching. On the night where she had finished her story and had begun revising it is when the bombs arrived and killed everyone one the street except for herself because the basement had been low

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