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    Year 11 Assessment: Changing Perspectives RELATED TEXTS ASSESSMENT – ADVANCED ENGLISH 1) Prescribed Text – The Book Thief a. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/characters/key concerns). (100 words only) ‘The Book Thief’ by Mark Zusak The Book Thief is a story of a young german girl named Liesel Meminger in Nazi Germany during world war 2. At age nine her brother drops dead in front of her and when Death himself comes to collect his newest soul‚ he becomes fascinated with

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    and screens could end up with a bad outcome and could be bad for their health. Teenagers know screens could cause them to lose sleep‚ become more anxious‚ and even stop communicating with the outside world (Schupak‚ Amanda “Does Technology”). The Book Thief by Markus Zusak has a similar theme. Liesel‚ the main character

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    The Power of Words are Revealed in The Book Thief Using death as the narrator‚ in the book thief‚ demonstrated that death lives within the people. Death comes to someone two times‚ and the third time he takes them away. In the novel‚ the book thief‚ by Markus Zusak illustrates the power of words which are used to create hatred among countries and individuals‚ and also has the ability to bring society close with love‚ and happiness. The power of words is use to establish that in relationship

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    4).” But have courage‚ for death will not come just yet. Show courage when faced with death and despair‚ like Hans Hubermann‚ Rosa Hubermann‚ Liesel Meminger‚ and Max Vanderburg. These are all characters from Markus Zusak’s book‚ The Book Thief‚ a story told by death‚ of a young girl‚ Liesel Meminger‚ who lives in Nazi Germany with her foster parents‚ Hans and Rosa. They take in a Jew‚ and Liesel‚ Hans‚ and Rosa suddenly are forced to show courage that they weren’t sure

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    Bread‚ the accordion‚ and books may all be simple‚ meaningless items but not in the “Book Thief.” Throughout the novel‚ there is a plethora of symbolism that helps the reader savvy the purpose and theme. The three main components‚ that contain similarities and differences‚ are bread‚ the accordion‚ and books. Although the duration of symbolism in the “Book Thief” by Markus Zusak relates to each other‚ they also contain differences. Overall‚ bread‚ the accordion‚ and books share similarities and differences

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    but during that era of time in Nazi Germany‚ the German citizens adored and glorified him. During World War II‚ the citizens of Nazi Germany were bigoted towards people of Jewish descent as Adolf Hitler convinced them to do so. The novel‚ The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ occurs during the second world war‚ changing the main character‚ Liesel‚ from an ignorant and monotonous youth to a courageous and informed citizen. In the beginning of World War II‚ Liesel is an ignorant‚ youthful girl

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    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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    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

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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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