Mangano 1 Leah Mangano Mr. Valdes English 10 July 18‚ 2012 “The Importance of Literature” Fahrenheit 451: 1. Quote: “ ‘Come on‚ woman!’ The woman knelt among the books‚ touching the drenched leather and cardboard‚ reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag. ‘You can’t ever have my books‚’ she said.” (Bradbury 35) Explanation: The woman knew the firemen would never
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Liesel Meminger and her history with death‚ and how she handled difficult situations with the experiences‚ how she survived through it with words. There is a death of a friend‚ the love of a parent‚ and survival of the people who can take it. Markus Zusak took a creative approach in writing the novel that the appalling subject matter is made more tolerable. The thing about this book that sets it apart from the rest of the books out there is the narrator‚ his name is Death and his job is to collect human
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years who think they’re running at other young men. They are not. They’re running at me" (175). This is extremely powerful because it shows the horror of war‚ and shows how men think they are running at other people‚ but they are running into death. Zusak uses this effectively because it gives the reader philosophical insight
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Rudy Steiner: A Hero In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ the geographical‚ physical‚ and cultural surroundings shape psychological and moral traits of the characters throughout the book. Heroes are made and relationships are formed between the characters and the reader. Rudy Steiner‚ Liesel Meminger’s lemon-sunshined-haired sidekick‚ has portrayed himself as a hero to the reader through his actions towards Liesel and his friends. The setting of World War II sets the mood throughout the book. Not
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food. There was plenty of suspicion.” ( Zusak 194) Life for a Jew‚ during the Holocaust was fairly hard because almost everyone around you wants you to be dead. “‘I have to keep going‚ though‚ at least a few times a week. I can’t be here all the time. We need the money‚ and if I quit playing there‚ they’ll get suspicious. They might wonder why I’ve stopped . I told them you were sick last week‚ but now we have to do everything like we always have.” (Zusak 211). It was also hard for people who did
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the shocking connection between Nazism and the fate of her family‚ as her father was a Communist. She ends up retaliating and takes a banned book from the burning at the rally and hiding it in her shirt‚ (Beneath her shirt‚ a book was eating her up (Zusak‚ 122). The Shoulder Shrug‚ the smoldering book she stole‚ symbolized her lasting memory of her family in retaliation against Hitler for targeting his family for being Communists as an act of rebellion against his regime. This moment of realization
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react with screams that “dribble” through the air slowly reaching out to others in a desperate plea for help. Mark Zusak illustrates a death scene with mere words using tactile and auditory imagery. The reader can feel on their own the situation of being caked in something surrounding them. A scream can be heard inching closer‚ a trickle at first but rising to a piercing sound. Then Zusak moves on to Death’s obsession of colors‚ described using an aside from Death himself to the audience. Simply using
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Analyse how an important event at the beginning shaped outcomes in an extended written text. In the book ‘The Book Thief’‚ Markus Zusak the author has used the theme of colours in the prologue. The theme of colours has been used to show how Death sees colours and what these colours mean to Death in his perspective. Markus Zusak uses the techniques of imagery to show this. We also see Deaths perspective on humanity‚ how he dislikes humans‚ their behaviour‚ their thoughts‚ their actions‚ this is
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Innocence is a treasure not shared by many; the lack of guile and the sense of purity is what many desire. Unfortunately‚ innocence is something very easy to steal from someone. Liesel’s innocence was displayed and used in many ways in The Book Thief. Before her innocence benefited others‚ it first brought her to Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Her parents were communists‚ a concept she didn’t understand because of her age‚ so she was in danger. Because she was young‚ she had the opportunity to be safe
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former. A very interesting book that was imbued with this theme is The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak. At first glance‚ it may appear to simply be a book written for the sake of entertainment‚ but looks‚ however‚ can be deceiving. It is actually full of themes that could potentially be pertinent to our lives‚ made clear through the mistakes and actions of a past generation. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ many sacrifices are made for the sake of others and for one’s own survival.
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