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    Throughout The Book Thief‚ the good and the bad of humanity is shown in many ways through the eyes of the narrator‚ death. In the times of great killing and blood‚ Liesel finds peace in reading and later on many other people find peace in her reading as well. humanity is both beautiful and ugly. there is good and bad that can be found in everything‚ this story describes both aspects of it. Death wonders how humanity can be so ugly yet so beautiful. We portray both traits for many reasons. Humanity

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    Book Thief Passage

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    Jayda Sliger 2 Red The Book Thief Significant Passages Assignment Prologue: “You are going to die.” Page 3 This passage is at the very beginning of the novel when the narrator is introducing the topic of death. This passage was chosen because throughout the entire book the characters are tragically dying‚ especially at the end after the bombing. We see everyone that Liesel associated herself with die‚ and this one haunting sentence foreshadows the events. This statement makes it known to readers

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    Courage In The Book Thief

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    This is exactly what Hans Hubermann‚ a character from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ does. Hans is the foster father of the main character in the book‚ Liesel Meminger. The setting of the book is during WW2 with Adolf Hitler as the leader of Germany‚ so anything that is done wrong could be extremely dangerous. In part

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    The Book Thief Setting

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    When mentioning The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the first comment people make is how hard of a time it was in the setting of this book. A very dramatic impact of the book is a girl named Liesel who is living of the time of World War II‚ with the Jewish being discriminated. When living at her new home with her foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubberman‚ she finds herself more than a lonely girl. By the end of the story‚ she became courageous‚ persevering‚ and loyal to others. In the start of the story

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    One of the main themes in The Book Thief is that words have the power to destroy and to save lives. More important‚ however‚ is that words can change the way a person feels. Whether written or spoken‚ words bring the characters in Zusak’s novel happiness‚ and fear. This novel also shows that words can sometimes be used for evil. The words they encounter influence the moods of Liesel‚ and the people around her. Several times throughout the story‚ words give people a feeling of happiness or serenity

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    Disney movie‚ "Cars" the main cast of characters experience many different conflicts that lead to the motivation and change of their main goal. Lightning McQueen‚ a selfish and arrogant rookie racer‚ is struggling to get back on track to win the most important race of his life after getting separated from his semi-hauler employee and friend‚ Mack. When Lightning realizes he is being left behind‚ he panics‚ trying his best to find the semi but eventually failing and getting taken in by a small town’s

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    The Book Thief Essay In times of war things can get ugly fast. War wounds‚ it scars‚ it kills‚ it devastates‚ and it hurts. The Book Thief written by: Markus Zusak is not just a book about those things‚ but rather a book about a girl named Liesel Meminger‚ and her life during WWII. But in Liesel’s life‚ Markus Zusak shows us something else but all the ugliness in WWII‚ instead he shows us the beauty in times of ugliness in Liesel’s life. Some examples of this are‚ when Hans reads to Liesel after

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    Book Thief Film Analysis

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    The book thief film review Whilst the hardship and apprehension of World War II‚ this heart-warming and melodramatic film has an influential message anticipated to the audience demonstrate the assorted themes. The book thief‚ a film situated on a true story directed by Brian Percival and was released to the public‚ January the 9th 2014. The book thief is definitely and educational‚ emotional and heart string tugger as abandonment‚ survivors guilt‚ dehumanisation‚ thievery and forshadowment are shown

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    three different times he saw the book thief through his work of carrying the souls of the dead away. A color is associated with all of these visits as he can see a very wide spectrum of color. The first sighting is white‚ the second black‚ and the third red all symbolizing the Nazi flag and the story of the book thief. After this‚ he proceeds to tell the story of the book thief.     Death’s story first opens on a train in 1939 with the nine year old book thief‚ Liesel Meminger‚ traveling to Munich

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    Title: The Book Thief Author: Marcus Zusak Text type: Novel The Book Thief is a book about having the courage to stand up for what you believe in and do what you believe to be the right thing. I was extremely impressed at how the actions of Liesel and her foster parents reflected these themes of bravery and morality. I think these themes are relevant in today’s society because people often copy what everyone else is doing even when they know it is not right

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