The character Death‚ in Zusack’s The Book Thief says: “That’s the sort of thing I’ll never know- what humans are capable of.” Discuss the way this statement reflects one or more texts you have seen or read this year. Adaptation is the ability to adjust for existence under environmental conditions. Like how animals adapt in the wild‚ humans are also capable to be tolerant in difficult situations. We do not know our limit of cruelty or kindness. Although most people choose to be kind and sympathetic
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Book vs. Movie Some people say that the movie is better than the book but is it really? In this argument I will discuss how the book is better than the movie. In this case the book “The Lightning Thief” is better than the movie because the book includes all fun and exciting scenes that help and make you use your imagination a lot more than the movie itself. The movie excludes characters that are important and some that are but‚ either way characters make the movie happen so they should be included
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1. Based on the first chapter and the title of the novel‚ Nya is going on a long walk for water. 2. The people left Salva behind because he’s a child and they could’ve thought he was going to slow them down. The people were most likely worried that Salva would cause trouble and not help out the group. 3. The woman might be unfriendly to a child from her own tribe because she could not want any children to stay with her or is most likely angry because he slept in her barn without asking. 4. Nya doesn’t
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English 10th 09/06/13 The Piece of Bread (303-305) I watched the procession of Jews walk through the streets like a herd of cows headed to the slaughterhouse. I tried not to do anything to indicate I was against a decision made by the fuhrer‚ because that would spell trouble for me and my family. But I could not. I couldn’t just watch as these people walked on. No one else seemed to bat an eye at what was going on. The soldiers‚ some merely boys‚ had Hitler shining in their eyes. One man
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Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief’ is narrated by Death who describes the story of a nine year old German girl called Liesel Meminger. She was given by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939. In this novel‚ Death is interested by humans and the colours of the world‚ but he struggles to decode how humans are capable of so much beauty but at the same time ugliness. Death shows an interest in Liesel’s story and describes the incidents in her life. His opinions
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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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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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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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