...Language 8 August 2012 The Book Thief Questions In the first chapter, I discovered who the narrator was on page 21. It specifically was revealed when the narrator is talking about the dead brother of Liesel Meminger saying, “It was exactly when I knelt down and extracted his soul, holding it limply in my swollen arms” (21). revealing the narrator’s identity as Death. The narrator’s diction on the page can be described as vain due to the fact he doesn’t need an introduction when the narrator says it is “not really necessary” (4). The narrator’s diction reveals that he has a methodical, stone cold personality that puts the narrator in a more superior position then the human race. Achieving this, the diction creates an effect that the narrator is going to be a huge part in the rest of the story which creates more dramatic irony when the narrator reveals stuff to us that the characters in the story will not know. “ You will be caked in your own body.” is considered to be a metaphor. “ A scream will dribble down in the air.” is categorized as a catachresis. “ The only sound I’ll hear after that will be my own breathing, and the sound of the smell, of my footsteps.” is an example of synesthesia. “What will the sky be saying?” is an erotema. Colors in this story play an important vital role in The Book Thief and the most important colors are the colors of the Nazi flag: black, white, and red. Black symbolizes sadness because the narrator mentions the color black in the sky and even...
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...believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.” Death is convinced to be many things, in The Book Thief, he is the narrator of the story. In the poem Its Death Again, he is a ghoul in a hood standing and stalking. “It’s Death again - He’s always there - Watching, waiting - e’er the stare! Every time I look behind or reach to pull the window blind, I catch a glimpse of grubby hood…” The death in The Book Thief however. Describes himself differently. He describes himself almost human like, a person with a heart....
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...In the two books “night” by elie wiesel and “the book thief” by Markus Zusak there is lot of similarities and difference.One difference would be the overall theme, the book night’s theme would be man’s inhumanity toward other people,while the book thief’s theme is there are some people who are inhumane but the rest are not and does whats right.One similarity would be death in both book the protagaonist loses someone who they love the most.Another similarity would be that both book takes place during world war ll. The inhumanity in the night is stated on page 115,the last page “but still no trace of revenge.”This is referring to the prisoners not taking revenge because they don't want another human being to hurt like they way they were hurt.As for the book,the book thief ,the example for inhumanity is shown on page 512 ”The next time she spoke, the questions stumbled from her mouth. Hot tears fought for room in her eyes as she would not let them out. Better to stand resolute and proud. Let the words do all of it. 'Is it really you? the young man asked,' she said. 'Is it from your cheek that I took the seed?'’.This quote shows that do not...
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...The character Hans Hubermann from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, and the lyrics of “Everywhere You Look” sang by Wakefield, both displays that kindness can always be found, even in the worst of times. The Book Thief takes place in Nazi Germany, the era of torment and discrimination of Jews. It was a time “with clouds as mean as you’ve ever seen” (Wakefield). The sky was the color of death, as so many Jews were being killed and burned. The period was dominated by a population of people who had an animosity for Jews. Han Hubermann is a caring man, who in desperate times, isn’t persuaded to follow the Nazi ideals. In a society of prejudice, Hans is known as “the Jew painter...for painting Jewish houses” (Zusak 104). People who are kind towards...
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...Whitney Noel Hicks Mrs. Cunningham AP English March 11, 2015 DQ 1 Death Character Analysis In the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the narration is done by Death. As he tells the story of the book thief you catch on to his dark sense of humor. He is amused by how humans see him, “I liken this human idea of the grim reaper.” (Zusak 75) He finds it funny to be thought of as a simply skeleton dressed in a cloak with a scythe. Noticing his amusement with humans he seems to possess human like traits like emotion. Although his job is to take souls he does not enjoy it. So in order to distract himself from the truth of his job he focuses on colors. It is his form of vacation from work. As another form of distraction from his job he collects stories, like the one he is telling now about Liesel. He has these stories saved forever as a way to give himself more meaning. Also perhaps to prove himself wrong about humans, “to prove that you, and your human existence, are worth it.” (Zusak 15) He carries the stories as a way to prove that all humans are destructive when in fear, but are kind like Liesel, Hans, or Rudy. Because of those humans, the one who are destructive, he is result. As he explained in the beginning of the book he is not violent he is just the result of the destructiveness of cowardly...
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...The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Examines a wide variety of words. But with close analyzation of the words throughout the book, we find that it is the power of words that makes them stand out and have a purpose. Despite everything, even suffering, there are always words for Liesel to turn to for hope and an escape from the evil that was ruling Germany. Words are something we use and hear literally all of the time. In the novel, The Book Thief, words are used to create goodness, comfort, and sanity in a time of war. At age nine, Liesel is illiterate, and the first book she learns to read is a manual about grave digging. Learning to read brings Liesel closer to the understanding that Hitler's propaganda is the root of his power and the reason...
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...If it came down to it, would it make sense for one to steal something for their survival? What if it was only for the betterment of oneself? How about if one did not care or even fully realize what they were doing? Would all of these still be considered thievery? Questions like these have the power to shroud opinions about what is defined as right and wrong. These certain questions are able to challenge people on their take of the difference between stealing for survival and stealing for greed. Ideas like these, revolving around the rightness of thievery, present themselves many times throughout The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak. This novel follows the life of the main character Liesel Meminger as she adapts to her new life while trying...
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...watching animes. 7.My favorite color is white. 8. My favorite foods are "Sweet Foods". 9.My favorite band is Silent Sanctuary. 10.I'm a shy person.......... My Summer Vacation The last thing most kids want to think about during summer vacation is school. But add some music, creativity and raucous fun, and many children actually wind up begging their parents to take them to summer school. We will be taking part in vacation Bible, an increasingly common summertime activity. Dozens of local churches hold these weeklong events for school-age kids and teens. Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting...
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...Joshua Steel Death is a Synesthete In The Book Thief Death is personified and described as a Synesthete. Synesthetes experience the world differently. A sound is not just heard; it might be perceived as a color. In the prologues first section “Death and Chocolate” when Death mentions that when you die the only thing he’ll hear “will be my own breathing and the sound of the smell of my footsteps”. In this section Death also tells us about how he personally likes a dark chocolate colored sky (hence “Death and Chocolate”) though he tries to enjoy the billion or so flavors of sky to slowly suck on. During the next three sections of the prologue Death immerses himself in the colors; White, Black, and Red. At first glance these three hues may seem unrelated and almost randomly elected but we later find out some pretty serious sybolism behind this tiny palette of chroma. White, of the most blinding kind. Death assures us that white is indeed a color before he describes the whole globe as “being dressed in snow” while the trees “wear blankets of ice”. White is often seen as representing puritiy and innocence; two attributes that are also often linked to childhood which is fitting, since Liesels brother had just died. While Death is collecting the young boy’s soul he wavers and notices a young Liesel in the very midst of her innocence and purity. Black, the darkness before dawn. This time around, Death elucidates the scene of a freshly crashed...
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...The theme in book thief that I found was very universal was “Words can say and tell so much”. In this book I noticed a heap amount of words that had so much power. Even one word had so much potential . The dialogue shows my theme on page 4 when death says”People observe the colors of the day only at its beginnings and ends.” Also on page 383 “he imagined the girl reading in the shelter. He must have watched her literally handing out the words.” This statement shows how when death uses the words“colors” how it has a million definitions for it. What I mean by this is when he says”colors” he means the clouds, the ground, etc. He is describing to the reader his vision of everything he sees with one word “colors”. Also in the second example...
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...Times newspaper. In the review, John Green talked about Markus Zusak's amazing style of writing. I agree with his review due to the fact that Markus Zusak used descriptive words that created brilliant passages which allows the readers to visualize what is occurring in the novel. Many authors do not have this creative ability to attract a reader’s perspective in the novel. “People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spat blues. Murky darknesses. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them” (Page 4, Zusak). This line is one of the many examples of creative writing in the The Book Thief. This line portrays Zusak’s creativity and this is one of the many things he...
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...Men" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 10. "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt 11. "Are You There, God? It's me, Margaret" by Judy Blume 12. "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett 13. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison 14. "Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall 15. "Breath, Eyes, Memory" by Edwidge Danticat 16. "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller 17. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl 18. "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White 19. "Cutting For Stone" by Abraham Verghese 20. "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead" by Brene Brown 21. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1" by Jeff Kinney 22. "Dune" by Frank Herbert 23. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury 24. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" by Hunter S. Thompson 25. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn 26. "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown 27. "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens 28. "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond 29. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling 30. "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote 31. "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri 32. "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison 33. "Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest...
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...decides to protect a Jewish man in their basement, a young girl’s stolen books help her develop a deeper understanding of the world beyond Himmel Street, encouraging her to give a new life to Hitler’s toxic words in her own stories. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the simultaneous existence of anti-Semitic propaganda in Nazi Germany alongside Liesel’s cherished books and Max’s captivating stories demonstrate how words can be both destructive and self-delegating in an oppressed society. First, Hitler demonstrates the...
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...CWL 320I 11/17/13 Mark Twain Vs. The Hypocrites Throughout history, racism and bigotry have been underlining problems in our society; problems in which I’m sure will almost certainly never go away. People find differences amongst each other and seem to enjoy using these differences to exploit or belittle others. Looking back a few centuries, racism and bigotry were qualities shared by almost all people, as long as you weren’t the one being ridiculed. Luckily as time passed by and America became industrialized and settled, more and more people began to realize that this hatred towards other people is wrong. Fortunately for humanity, there were some special souls that realized society was wrong way before everyone else did. One of these special souls is an author by the name of Mark Twain, who used satire and moral critique to make fun of race relations and new American culture hypocrisies. Mark Twain was a social critic who observed a society filled with bigotry and racism, even after the abolition of slavery. Twain lived in a time when there were two very separate and also very different belief systems. The first is a world where every man is equal and every person is entitled to his or her freedom. The second, and sadly more common, is the exact opposite of the first. In this system you were looked at as either a legit civilized member of society or on the contrary, a savage. This belief is what Mark Twain boldly opposed and attacks in his story, Adventures of Huckleberry...
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...BS4305 CINEMA & SOCIETY ASSESSMENT 2 MEDRIC NUMBER (1319683) BA (HONS) ERASMUS STUDENT DOGUKAN SEVINC Lecturers Responsible: Dr. Fiona Smith Word Length: 1800 In brief, Hugo tells the story of a young orphan in 1930s Paris, whose solitary life, keeping the clocks up to date in the railway station, is changed once he encounters a shopkeeper with a remarkable past. While it is a fantastic story, the use of real places makes the mise-en-scene naturalistic; the story is mostly constructed in a Parisian train station. The challenge of setting the film in just a station is refreshing, reminding me the film “The Rope” by Hitchcock, and how innovative it was to create a whole plot line in one apartment. A train station can be viewed as an anonymous place where people like Hugo can live without being noticed. Besides, the people walking around the train station make great comedy with their interactions and thus enhancing the narrative. The characters such as the police officer, who makes every effort to send any parentless child in the station to the orphanage, the flowershop girland the old couple also enable the director to jump between story lines throughout the narrative, keeping the audience interested. Another subject that twists the narrative is the early film history, which takes us on a journey when Melies flashbacks to his time as a movie director. On the other hand, the mise-en-scene is constructed in a manner so that we as the audience can believe that the...
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