Adam Diaz
Professor Powers
March 24,2018
English 115
City of Thieves Literary Analysis
Have you ever been so hungry that you thought about changing your diet to humans, well in this Novel City of Thieves by David Benioff it takes place on New Year’s Eve in Leningrad, Russia during World War II. In this Novel Benioff combines friendship, fear, trust, and absurdity by using Lev and Kolya to show you how the war is traumatizing and shows compared to us and our everyday struggles it makes us realize that how are life’s are taken for granted because these two go through some crazy couple of days and without trusting each other they wouldn’t have made it thru alive. These two main characters are on an absurd journey, walking thru the middle of the War while the siege is occurring their goal is find a Dozen Eggs in a time of deprivation, if …show more content…
Vika is a big part of this Novel with her Lev and kolya would have been easily dead numerous times Vika is a very intelligent women that is a sniper as well. Vika, Lev, and Kolya are all captured by the Nazi army and Abendroth so they Vika and Lev had a wager for Abendroth that (15 year old) Lev can beat Abendroth (17 year old). Kolya explains that if Lev loses the chess game he can kill them all but if Lev wins they are free to go. Abendroth Makes a error and Lev looks a Vika knowing he just won and they all prepare themselves for a fight Vika is reaching for her knife, Kolya is ready to rush the guard and Lev is scratching his calf as Abendroth realizes that he just Lost. He is fully aware of the situation that is happening so he tackles Lev to the ground and reaches for his gun but is distracted from looking at Lev and Vika take out the guard. Suddenly Lev gets striked in the face by Abendroth then Lev gets up and stabs him and he falls and doesn’t proceed to after him. Lev sees Kolya struggling with a guard and goes to help by stabbing him and rescuing
Professor Powers
March 24,2018
English 115
City of Thieves Literary Analysis
Have you ever been so hungry that you thought about changing your diet to humans, well in this Novel City of Thieves by David Benioff it takes place on New Year’s Eve in Leningrad, Russia during World War II. In this Novel Benioff combines friendship, fear, trust, and absurdity by using Lev and Kolya to show you how the war is traumatizing and shows compared to us and our everyday struggles it makes us realize that how are life’s are taken for granted because these two go through some crazy couple of days and without trusting each other they wouldn’t have made it thru alive. These two main characters are on an absurd journey, walking thru the middle of the War while the siege is occurring their goal is find a Dozen Eggs in a time of deprivation, if …show more content…
Vika is a big part of this Novel with her Lev and kolya would have been easily dead numerous times Vika is a very intelligent women that is a sniper as well. Vika, Lev, and Kolya are all captured by the Nazi army and Abendroth so they Vika and Lev had a wager for Abendroth that (15 year old) Lev can beat Abendroth (17 year old). Kolya explains that if Lev loses the chess game he can kill them all but if Lev wins they are free to go. Abendroth Makes a error and Lev looks a Vika knowing he just won and they all prepare themselves for a fight Vika is reaching for her knife, Kolya is ready to rush the guard and Lev is scratching his calf as Abendroth realizes that he just Lost. He is fully aware of the situation that is happening so he tackles Lev to the ground and reaches for his gun but is distracted from looking at Lev and Vika take out the guard. Suddenly Lev gets striked in the face by Abendroth then Lev gets up and stabs him and he falls and doesn’t proceed to after him. Lev sees Kolya struggling with a guard and goes to help by stabbing him and rescuing