Liesel Meminger once said: “I have hated words and I have loved them‚ and I hope I have made them right‚” (538). Liesel Meminger (sometimes known as “The Book Thief”) is my hero. Liesel was girl in Nazi Germany who was given to a foster family when she was only nine. Her mother was a Communist and was taken away days after she was given away. Liesel is a brave‚ happy‚ and hardworking young girl that everyone should strive to be like. Liesel has lost and suffered so much in life. She was raised without
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In The Book Thief‚ guilt can be found as a recurring theme‚ especially in the cases of Hans Hubermann and Max. In a deeper analysis‚ the reason as to how and why can be answered. In the novel‚ Hans recalls how in WWI his life was spared from battle in France‚ but his friend Erik Vandenburg was not. For that purpose‚ he then lived the rest of his life in guilt‚ knowing how easily it could’ve been the reverse. Knowing the fact that Erik also was married‚ while he was not‚ further caused him more self-condemnation
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the film is often looked over. Close to all pivotal movie scenes contain the little background music‚ also known as underscore. This powerful audio element effects the way audiences feel and react to a scene. The underscore that is present in The Book Thief greatly impacted the tone‚ mood‚ and suspense of certain scenes. Three of these scenes that were greatly impacted by underscore were when the Nazi party came to check basements for air raid shelters‚ when Liesel writes her life story in the basement
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During World War II‚ the Jews had to endure suffering while the Germans lived in luxury. This was certainly incorrect. In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar
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The Book Thief “From the toolbox the boy took out‚ of all things‚ a teddy bear. He reached in through the torn windshield and placed it on the pilot’s chest” The quote is said near the end of Part Nine‚ after Rudy and Liesel find the enemy fighter pilot in his crashed plane and Rudy gives the pilot the teddy bear as he dies. Liesel and Rudy have become best friends and they share all of their secrets. Rudy is now aware of how Liesel borrows books from the mayor’s wife and on one occasion they
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A girl who steals books and a person who collects souls‚ it’s an unusual combination that works.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a novel that follows a young girl named Liesel Meminger in Nazi Germany. The Narration is done by “Death”‚ a soul collecting immortal. Having Death as the narrator creates a dark and dreary tone. Death as a character is very cynical and depressing ‚ he’s the exact opposite of what you would expect the grim reaper to be.The dramatic irony caused by death’s comments‚enhances
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forces. There is internal conflict - There is internal conflict – where you are wrestling in your own mind with an issue‚ and there is external conflict - such as man vs. man‚ man vs. nature‚ or man vs. society. Examples of internal conflict in The book Thief are when Liesel struggled to decide whether or not to steal from Ilsa Hermann. “Could she truly carry out what she was thinking? Could she really seek revenge on a person like this? Could she despise someone this much?” Another one is when she has
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In the novel “The Book Thief”‚ a young girl is forced to live in a world full of greed for power and hatred for others. The young girl‚ Liesel Meminger loses people she loves and is forced to go live with foster parents and live in Germany during the time of World War two. Liesel has a tough time breaking into her new life‚ she becomes close with her foster dad‚Hans Hubermann‚ whom she calls papa. Papa teaches Liesel to read because Liesel stole a book and could not read it. This helps Liesel grow
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streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on‚ coughing and searching‚ and finding” (Zusak 536)‚ and “A few cars drove by‚ each way. Their drivers were Hitlers and Hubermanns‚ and Maxes‚ killers‚ Dillers‚ and Steiners…I wanted to tell the book thief many things‚ about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate
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13 December 2010 Funke‚ Cornelia. The Thief Lord. New York: Scholastic Inc.‚ 2000. 345 Reading Assignment A3. The Thief Lord is about two brothers‚ who live with their aunt and uncle. When Esther and Max want to adopt Bo after their mother’s death so the boys decide to run away to Venice‚ Italy. The boys arrive in Venice and are taken in by four other orphans: Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ and their mysterious leader‚ Scipio‚ or "The Thief Lord." The children survive by selling the things that Scipio
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