Within children’s literature a combination of both words and pictures can often be used to explain sophisticated stories. It has been shown that particular authors such as Brian Selznick uses certain tools and techniques allowing for the images and words to interplay resulting in the characters within novels like The Invention of Hugo Cabret to come to life‚ and address a more sophispated and serious topic. This essay will examine key tools and techniques can be used by authors to allow the text
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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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In “Once Upon a Time‚ Literature. Now What?” published writer James Salter discusses the end of literature in today’s society. He says that’s literature is losing it value and art and language are no longer appreciated. The new pop culture is taking over and the new movies and music no longer have any real meaning to them‚ it’s just about success and making money. Value is something has been cast aside. There is no value in the word value anymore. The most important task in the world according to
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Reflect on Person and Their Story The man whose story I was honored to read was named Arthur Kupfer‚ from Warsaw‚ Poland. He was not necessarily working in the concentration camps‚ but instead‚ in the houses of SS officers. He was forced to do their basic chores‚ such as keeping the house clean‚ washing the car‚ and cleaning their stables. He meet about 18-20 Jews who were hiding‚ but eventually got caught and he knew what would happen to them. He knew they were going to be killed‚ and after they
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THE GREAT ESCAPE 1.This story is about a prison camp in Sagan‚ Germany. In this prison camp‚ there are over 700 prisoners from World War 2. These prisoners are all anxious to get free from the devastating camp‚ so they try to create 3 tunnels to get out of the camp. Tom‚ Harry‚ and Dick. These are the names of the tunnels. The German solders or ferrets find out about Harry‚ and Harry is the one they were originally planning to escape from. When this happens‚ the prisoners try to complete Tom. And
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The Worth of Words In the Historical Fiction novel‚ The Book Thief‚ author Markus Zusak illustrates the importance of words and friendship during the Nazi rule in Germany. The first spark of friendship between Hans and Liesel ignites when they learn to read and write together. Because of Liesel’s ability to read‚ Max and Liesel become instant friends. The importance of words and the kinship that comes with proves relevant throughout the entire story. The author uses the relationship of Hans
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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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why don’t you do it more often? I sure have. I often find myself saying; that wasn’t bad‚ I should do this on a regular basis. Procrastination doesn’t only kill success‚ it can also kill your dreams as time is valuable in today’s fast-paced world. Brian Tracy’s “Eat That Frog” sheds light on how to stop procrastination‚ and become more productive. What does a frog‚ and procrastination have in common? Per Tracy‚ the frog is your ugliest
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The Book Thief underline book title By: Markus Zusak Lauren Conforti’s Bajillion Project-¨A new experience that can be added to the book.¨ As Liesel Meminger‚ now parentless‚ was taken to the gestapo capitalize “Gestapo” station‚ all she could think about was where she would go. Who would even take her? Most definitely‚ it would be different than Mama’s swearing and Pea lowercase “pea” soup and Papa’s accordion playing and book teaching. ¨Why me?¨ she always thought. ¨Why did I survive‚ and not Mama
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