Daniel Hwang
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English II Pre-AP/GT- 7
8/31/2016
The Book Thief Discussion Question Answers Death symbolizes the idea of the very fact that everyone is destined to die. Death is the one who experiences everything that a single person enjoys or dreads. He is the one who everyone is destined to meet when they die even if they do not want to. He is only there because he is linked to humans only because they are all destined to die in the future. He feels happiness and sorrow throughout the story. He tries to express that he is almost like humans and he is not the horror that humans think they are. Meanwhile he is perplexed about human feelings and the way they were able to be evil and horrible like Hitler. He also was amazed at how …show more content…
While Max dreams about his leaving his family, Liesel dreams about her younger dead brother who died in the rain ride to Himmel Street. Max also dreams about him fight Hitler in a boxing ring and all the Germans beating Mac up when he was winning. They are both victims of Hitler’s hate. They share experiences and stories and get closer together. They soon become friends and Max teaches her the power of words. Max even writes a book for her- “During that week, Max had cut out a collection of pages from Mein Kampf and painted over them in white… When they were all dry, the hard part began… he formulated the words in his head till he could recount them without error. Only then, on the paper that had bubbled and humped under the stress of drying paint, did he begin to write the story” (Zusak 223). He writes his own story to show Liesel that he appreciates her love and friendship for him. Max writes about how he had a person standing over him all his life and the current stand over man was Liesel as his friend and savior. Word …show more content…
Seeing it and knowing it but going forward no matter what happens. Going forward in life with a purpose and passion. It's a big mountain considering all she experienced in her youth including her younger brother’s death and her mom leaving her by choice. “With one eye open, one still in a dream, the book thief, also known as Liesel Meminger could see […] that her younger brother, Werner, was now sideways and dead. His blue eyes stared at the floor. Seeing nothing” (Zusak 20). Her climbing partners are Hans, her father, Max, the Jew, and Rudy, a boy who loves her. Hans gave her love and support, Max and Rudy were her best friends. She reaches the summit when she learns the power of words. She starts her descent when Max leaves her. When she reaches the foot again, she realizes that everyone was dead and she did not even know because she was saved when she read over her own book in her basement for mistakes and errors in her story. Word Count:
Porter
English II Pre-AP/GT- 7
8/31/2016
The Book Thief Discussion Question Answers Death symbolizes the idea of the very fact that everyone is destined to die. Death is the one who experiences everything that a single person enjoys or dreads. He is the one who everyone is destined to meet when they die even if they do not want to. He is only there because he is linked to humans only because they are all destined to die in the future. He feels happiness and sorrow throughout the story. He tries to express that he is almost like humans and he is not the horror that humans think they are. Meanwhile he is perplexed about human feelings and the way they were able to be evil and horrible like Hitler. He also was amazed at how …show more content…
While Max dreams about his leaving his family, Liesel dreams about her younger dead brother who died in the rain ride to Himmel Street. Max also dreams about him fight Hitler in a boxing ring and all the Germans beating Mac up when he was winning. They are both victims of Hitler’s hate. They share experiences and stories and get closer together. They soon become friends and Max teaches her the power of words. Max even writes a book for her- “During that week, Max had cut out a collection of pages from Mein Kampf and painted over them in white… When they were all dry, the hard part began… he formulated the words in his head till he could recount them without error. Only then, on the paper that had bubbled and humped under the stress of drying paint, did he begin to write the story” (Zusak 223). He writes his own story to show Liesel that he appreciates her love and friendship for him. Max writes about how he had a person standing over him all his life and the current stand over man was Liesel as his friend and savior. Word …show more content…
Seeing it and knowing it but going forward no matter what happens. Going forward in life with a purpose and passion. It's a big mountain considering all she experienced in her youth including her younger brother’s death and her mom leaving her by choice. “With one eye open, one still in a dream, the book thief, also known as Liesel Meminger could see […] that her younger brother, Werner, was now sideways and dead. His blue eyes stared at the floor. Seeing nothing” (Zusak 20). Her climbing partners are Hans, her father, Max, the Jew, and Rudy, a boy who loves her. Hans gave her love and support, Max and Rudy were her best friends. She reaches the summit when she learns the power of words. She starts her descent when Max leaves her. When she reaches the foot again, she realizes that everyone was dead and she did not even know because she was saved when she read over her own book in her basement for mistakes and errors in her story. Word Count: