The day the platoon was going to battle, Sergeant Stephan Schneider asked who had a neat handwriting. Eric Vandenburg saved Hans Hubermann’s life by nominating Hans. Hans Hubermann was assigned to write letters for the captain, which allowed him to not go out into the battlefield, other men volunteered to write letters and not go to the battlefield because they didn’t want to be looked upon as cowards. In that battle all the men were killed, Hence Hans Hubermann escapes Death while Erik Vandenburg, who saved Hans’s life, died during battle.
I think that the accordion symbolized comfort, hope and memories to different people. When the accordion was given by Erik Vandenburg to Hans, he used it to calm Liesel when she had nightmares, Liesel …show more content…
My reaction to “The Snows of Stalingrad” was that war was useless with death everywhere and unhappy and uncertain families waiting for their loved ones to return home safely, When Nazi’s went to Russia for war there was death everywhere. Both Russians and German’s died. I especially felt very sad for Michael Holtzapfel and his mother, Frau Holtzapfel, because Robert Holtzapfel, Michael Holtzapfel’s brother, died during war. This adds to the characterization of the narrator because this is the first time Death, the narrator, describes the atrocities of a war in details and shows how he had to continue doing his jobDeath, the narrator, was so busy carrying souls that he was late to take some souls out of their bodies. Robert Holtzapfel was one of the people who had to wait a little longer for Death to take his soul. The effect on me of showing how the narrator [Death] and the people experience the same death is that I realized that narrator, Death, had seen so many deaths that he knew that all mortals will die. He tried to be detached with their deaths but humans are emotional and are in pain when they die or when someone close to them …show more content…
But on realizing that he was dead, she told him she loved him and kissed Rudy on his lips. When she found her Mama [Rosa] and Papa’s [Hans] bodies, she walked towards them, she grabbed Mama’s hand and reminded her when Liesel arrived at the front gate of mama’s house, Liesel remembered when she first time came to Rosa’s house and people started gathering to see what was happening. Rosa told the people to go away so Liesel was comfortable coming in the house. And for Papa, Liesel laid his accordion down on his body, and said, Hans loved his accordion and he played for Liesel to calm her down. Each of these acts shows the love Liesel have for Rudy, Mama and Papa. Rudy was her best friend and she might have dated him if he was alive. Mama was strict but took care of Liesel and Liesel remembered that at her death. He also taught her how to read and write. Papa was the most important person for
I think that the accordion symbolized comfort, hope and memories to different people. When the accordion was given by Erik Vandenburg to Hans, he used it to calm Liesel when she had nightmares, Liesel …show more content…
My reaction to “The Snows of Stalingrad” was that war was useless with death everywhere and unhappy and uncertain families waiting for their loved ones to return home safely, When Nazi’s went to Russia for war there was death everywhere. Both Russians and German’s died. I especially felt very sad for Michael Holtzapfel and his mother, Frau Holtzapfel, because Robert Holtzapfel, Michael Holtzapfel’s brother, died during war. This adds to the characterization of the narrator because this is the first time Death, the narrator, describes the atrocities of a war in details and shows how he had to continue doing his jobDeath, the narrator, was so busy carrying souls that he was late to take some souls out of their bodies. Robert Holtzapfel was one of the people who had to wait a little longer for Death to take his soul. The effect on me of showing how the narrator [Death] and the people experience the same death is that I realized that narrator, Death, had seen so many deaths that he knew that all mortals will die. He tried to be detached with their deaths but humans are emotional and are in pain when they die or when someone close to them …show more content…
But on realizing that he was dead, she told him she loved him and kissed Rudy on his lips. When she found her Mama [Rosa] and Papa’s [Hans] bodies, she walked towards them, she grabbed Mama’s hand and reminded her when Liesel arrived at the front gate of mama’s house, Liesel remembered when she first time came to Rosa’s house and people started gathering to see what was happening. Rosa told the people to go away so Liesel was comfortable coming in the house. And for Papa, Liesel laid his accordion down on his body, and said, Hans loved his accordion and he played for Liesel to calm her down. Each of these acts shows the love Liesel have for Rudy, Mama and Papa. Rudy was her best friend and she might have dated him if he was alive. Mama was strict but took care of Liesel and Liesel remembered that at her death. He also taught her how to read and write. Papa was the most important person for