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    The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ tells of a nine year old girl named Liesel Meminger who lived through World War II. At a young age‚ Liesel and her younger brother‚ Werner‚ got on a train with their mother to go to a foster home in Molching‚ Germany. Halfway into the trip‚ Werner dies‚ leaving Liesel traumatized for many months. When Liesel and her mother arrive in Molching‚ she meets her foster parents‚ Rosa and Hans Hubermann. Hans plays the role of the perfect father for Liesel. He always comforted

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    In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ love can be seen throughout the book. Love by definition is “ an intense feeling of deep affection". However‚ love isn’t necessarily an intense feeling of deep endearment. There are conflicting types of love such as friendship love or family love. In “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak‚ the Nazi’s are in power at the time and the citizens of Germany have to withstand the austerity’s that come alongside with their position in power. The characters have to learn to love

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    The death of Liesel‚ the book thief‚ starts out the book for us. They are on their way on a train with their mother to their foster parent’s home. This also sparks Liesel’s love for reading later in the book‚ and it also was one of the moments that Liesel had constant nightmares about. Liesel arrives on Himmel street terrified and not knowing what her foster parents will be like. This also sets the setting of the novel and we meet some more main characters‚ Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The Hubermanns

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    keep their place in ruling and this shows that even a revolution that was meant for equality and liberty can still progress into a dictatorial state. People can interpret Animal Farm in many different ways but here is one way of interpreting it. This book was written to reflect the actions of Stalin during WWII‚ and they were mostly correct with the many times Napoleon deserted his allies for his own welfare. This is what happened with Stalin when he saw a chance to rule the Soviet Union. Orwell’s

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    In “The Book Thief‚” a lot of themes are present‚ but one of the predominant themes happens to be the power of words. Throughout the book‚ Liesel Meminger as well as Hans Hubermann‚ and Max Vandenburg‚ use the power of words to “escape” the horrors of Germany. It was not only that the power of words had a positive impact; it also had a negative one on society. In the novel‚ the power of words seems to give an antipathetic impact‚ but it was not always like that. As previously stated‚ the power of

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    The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ has caused me to have multiple reactions‚ to the story‚ characters‚ and themes. They have made me feel mad‚ sad‚ upset‚ happy‚ but most of all surprised; throughout the recent readings every night more gets added to the story and more just surprises me. What completely shocked/surprised me was when Liesel fought back against Ludwig Schmeikl and what followed afterwards. However‚ there has been far more things than just that‚ that have surprised me. A couple include

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    by indigenous Hutu extremists. While most of the world took no action to stop the bloodshed‚ Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager‚ curtained more than a thousand Tutsis inside his hotel. Similarly in The Book Thief‚ one such man‚ Hans Hubermann‚ put his own and his family’s life at risk to save a Jew. Hans Hubermann took a Jew‚ named Max Vandenburg‚ into his home to save him from imprisonment even when it went against everything he was taught about. At that time‚ the Jews‚ according to Hitler‚ were

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    Chapter 4: 1. Elie’s first impression of the camp at Buna was that it looked empty and dead as if an epidemic had hit. 2. Elie and his father have to work in a factory where they fix electrical circuits. 3. The Jewish dentist is caught stealing the prisoner’s gold teeth and was ordered to be hung. 4. The part of Elie’s body that is aware of the passage of time is his stomach because he goes a long time without getting anything to eat. 5. Idek accused Elie’s father of being lazy

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    Throughout this journal‚ one can question why the author wrote the book from the perspective of death and what will happen to Max Vandenburg. Initially‚ there is the question of why the narrator of the novel is the entity of death. One answer to this question is that writing the book through death’s perspective is both creative and different. Having death speaking personally to you on the first page is a unique draw-in. There are no other books popularly known that can claim to have such a narrator‚ which

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    The Book Thief Dialectical Journal Assignment Due on/before ________________________ The Assignment: 1. In your notebook‚ complete a dialectical journal** (two-column notes) in which you discuss your author’s language and style. (See “Ideas for Analyzing Text.”) 2. Meet the required number (15) of concrete details in your journal notes. * See the page labeled “How to Choose Quotations…” for these requirements. *Dialectic: “The art or practice of arriving at the truth by using conversation involving

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