depressed. The Book Thief and The War Horse both show that war causes depression and death. The war left many people in poverty. In The Book Thief and The War Horse‚ many of the children had to go off into the war. This caused the family to lose their workers. In The Book Thief‚ there weren’t a lot of jobs available. The Jews were customers for many companies and they were being killed by the Nazi’s. This resulted many companies losing business. In The War Horse and The Book Thief‚ many of the citizens
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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 Book Thief- Profiler Character: Death Ryan Pfanstiel Period 3 Reason for the Drawing: Although most assume Death looks like the Grim Reaper or a scary skeleton thing‚ in The Book Thief‚ Death is not. In fact‚ he even tells us what he looks like when he says‚ “I do not carry a sickle or a scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it’s cold. And I don’t have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me from a distance… Find yourself a mirror while I continue” (Zusak 307)
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ has lots of symbolic meaning for the setting. It uses books that Liesel stole to describe and curve out the timeline. The books gives readers two point of view‚ one from the Jews and the other from Hitler and the Nazis. Liesel Meminger‚ the protagonist in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ steals several books that help readers understand WWII German. Three of these books particularly‚ The Shoulder Shrug‚ The Standover Man‚ and The Last Human Stranger deftly symbolize
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Death is the narrator of this story and begins by explaining his work. He talks about how the first time he saw The Book Thief ( Liesel Meminger) was when her brother (Werner) died on a train and he took his soul. Liesel and her mother get off the train to bury Werner and this was the first time the Book Thief stole a book The Grave Diggers Handbook was found in the snow when one of the grave diggers dropped it. Her mom then took her to her new foster parents in Mulching on Himmel street. Liesel’s
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view which is means they both tell a story from a certain perspective. Also the two elements‚ are both third-person‚ and are told from a person or thing that is not contributed within the actual story. In “The Book Thief‚” the narrator is death even though he is not in the story. The book is written from his perspective and is considered written in third-person. Since they are both third-person‚ they both tell the story as they hear and see
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Jackson Jr. Examines the nineteenth century history of Germanic migration‚ seeking to find societal factors that motivated the movement of people. In addition‚ Kirril Shields utilises a fictional historical narrative‚ Markus Zuzak’s The Book Thief‚ in order to develop an understanding of how the lives of everyday folk relate to the institution of National Socialism in 1930s Germany. Shields utilises the work as a fictional source‚ paralleling with historical evidence in a way that provides
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Both were displaced people‚ foreigners in their own country‚ their identities and their family heritage cruelly snatched from them due to political circumstances. Discuss this statement. Australian author Markus Zusak wrote the bildungsroman‚ The Book Thief. Narrated by Death the novel is set within Nazi Germany‚ in the small town of Molching. It reveals the power of words‚ the brutality and beauty in humans and the chaos surrounding the young protagonist; Liesel Meminger throughout the domination
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Simple Sentences Effect in Book Thief In the novel‚ The Book Thief‚ Mark Zusak has Death‚ the narrator‚ retells a story that extends over years as well as many connecting events that affect each other. As a result‚ he uses simple sentences to disclose events that happened without elaborating on them. The simple sentences create an effect that balances the detailed explanation of each character’s internal conflict‚ along with showing the quick pace of the story. The author uses simple sentences
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Stories can provide connections‚ different perspectives‚ and morals/lessons; despite its capacity for serving good and evil‚ telling stories is proven to be the redeeming quality of human beings. The story of “The Word Shaker” is Max’s version of a fairy tale‚ including both Liesel and himself into all of it. Its dedicated to the power Liesel’s words have had over Max’s life. It’s a tale of how words can save people just as much as they can harm them. As Max states‚ "the best word shakers were
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