In The War Horse‚ Albert was temporarily blinded by mustard gas‚ and many of his comrades were killed by mustard gas. In The Book Thief‚ Liesel’s town was bombed. Everyone died other than Liesel Meminger‚ Max Vandenburg and Alex Steiner. Everyone and everything Liesel loved was gone‚ which ruined her life. In The War Horse‚ many of Albert’s friends were killed while going over the trench. Albert’s friend David was injured‚ but Albert brought him to safety. The mass death of
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Symbolism is a technique often used in literature to deepen the reader’s understanding of different concepts. Sometimes‚ it is to reflect the mood of the passage‚ and sometimes as an omen. The Book Thief by Mark Zusak employs this strategy to give the reader a glimpse of the novel’s future. In The Book Thief‚ the author uses the accordion as a foreboding symbol of survival. This is shown during the events in which Hans Hubermann acquires the accordion‚ when Max Vandenburg arrives at 33 Himmel Street
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faith in the Nazis’ hearts and consciences. The book Night and the book The Book Thief were both laced with faith in humanity. The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ has many forms of Faith in humanity intertwined through the pages. In the book‚ Liesel‚ the main character‚ has faith in the Nazis but when her family turns out to be storing a Jew‚ she hears stories that compromise her original faith. The Jew‚ Max Vandenburg‚ tells
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In the documentary‚ The Natural History of the Chicken‚ written and directed by Mark Lewis and produced by PBS‚ Lewis wants to show viewers that chickens are perceived differently by many and are not only entrées. Through a series of personal experiences and events‚ Lewis portrays the variety of roles chickens play in the lives of Americans. By showing the chicken farms‚ Lewis shows ethos and credibility because he actually shows that the information he is giving is true. It is sad when the little
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Pow! Right smack in my forehead crushing my skull. The metal baseball bat knocked in my skull. It was a warm sunny day in the middle of the summer. Joey‚ my brother‚ was hitting tennis balls over my house. Little 10 year old me was playing in the yard and my brother purposely pushed me far away so he wouldn’t hit me. Oh how I was a stupid little kid. I was intrigued by what he was doing so I started wandering over to like how not knowing little kids do. As I approached my brother he was so focused
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This photograph shows a man giving his sandals to a homeless girl in Rio de Janeiro. This picture shows significance because the man showed empathy to the girl and he cared about how bad she was living. It also shows that the man gave his sandals to her because she needed it more than he did. This picture is similar to the scene in the Book Thief where Hans Hubermann offers a piece of bread to the Jew. Personal Reflection Personally‚ I think that relationships do not always involve two people who
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he bend down and embrace his foster daughter‚ as he wanted to? Did he tell her that he was sorry for what was happening to her‚ to her mother‚ for what had happened to her brother? Not exactly. He clenched his eyes. Then opened them. He slapped Liesel Meminger squarely in the face. "Don’t ever say that!" His voice was quiet‚ but sharp. (...) “You can say that in our house‚” he said‚ looking gravely at Liesel’s cheek‚ “But you can never say it on the street‚ at school‚ at the BDM‚ never!” The
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makes the story come alive. As the story begins‚ the reader is introduced to a narrator that will be noted many times throughout the book‚ but this narrator is a special narrator that gives this story “life”. Although there are many characters that Liesel faces‚ there is one in particular that she did not face‚ but was watching her and was the storyteller in her life‚ Death. Death is portrayed in a way that makes the reader assume that Death is
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especially if the social moral code does not provide the same rights to everyone‚ including the integrity and protection of all its individuals. The novel I picked to scrutinize is The Book Thief. This book is narrated by Death and tells the story of Liesel Meminger. She is a nine year old German girl who was given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in Molching in 1939‚ before World War II. Hans previously made a promise with a man who saved his life. That man is a Jew named Max
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uses figures of speech in a totally original‚ cryptic and poetic manner. The narrator is so extraordinary because he is Death. Death is not a person but throughout the story‚ Zusak portrays him to have human-like emotions towards characters like Liesel. He is an omniscient narrator. This means that Death knows all that is occurring‚ people’s thoughts‚ the past‚ the future‚ and much more. During the book Death transports you back in time to recognize people’s stances and how everything is linked
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