“In the quiet, I heard my dad waiting. He wanted it to be alright with me. He wanted my approval. Nothing this grown-up had happened to me before. This was something Grandma Tilly couldn't understand—how war promises a boy it can make a man out of him.”…
Are movies and books really the same? In The Book Thief, the relationships between the characters in the film are represented just as well as in the book. Liesel’s relationships with Rudy, Hans, Max, Death, and books are all great examples of how well a book can be interpreted into a movie. Liesel’s relationship with Rudy is more playful than her relationships with other people because he is her best friend. In the book, they first meet on the street when they were playing soccer and became friends immediately.…
Dialectical Journals: A Walk in the Woods Quote #1: “Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire I happened upon a path that vanished into a wood on the edge of the town.” (Bryson 3) Response:…
Ivan IIych words, "Death is finishes... It is no more!" meant that he was in pain and death for him was what he was experiencing from his illness. He had lost everything an a blink of an eye, his career, friends, and family were those he thought cared about him, but in reality didn't. Life to me is when you enjoy the simple things in life.…
1. Quote: “We get these cases nine or ten a night….You don’t need an M.D., case like this; all you need is two handymen, clean up the problem in half an hour.” (pg. 13) Context: This quote is dialogue, said by the handyman operator to Montag.…
One thing is guaranteed in life, death. Death, being the end of life, affects everyone and everything. Humans die of cancer, animals get killed for food, plants burn in the sun, even mountains turn to rubble as weather corrodes its faces away. Many people become obsessed with death, they fear it and let it rule their life. While others do the opposite, some people live everyday as if they will die on the next.…
This article relates to “The Book Thief” greatly because is shows that it’s not the deceased that suffer, it’s the people around them that do. In the book Death comments on how whenever he comes to collect the souls the people that are still alive are the ones that are in distress. This relates to the article because you can clearly tell how much distress the people that witnessed the oregon shooting are in. The people that witnessed the shooting or the people that had friends and family that were involved in the shooting are greatly similar to the people that had to witness the bombings and the killings throughout the holocaust because they both feel guilty for not having done anything to help their comrades and loved ones. In both situations…
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” This quote was written on Lily and James Potter’s grave in Godrics Hollow. This quote means that even after death you’ll still be living. That we never truly die, or we never really leave. I think this quote is beautiful in ways more than one.…
”If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden.”- Frances Hodgson Burnett. This quote is all about perspective and how changing yours will help you to see things in a more positive light. This relates to Scout in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee because her perspective changes throughout the story. There are many catalysts that help Scout to change her perspective, and Miss Maudie Atkinson is one of them.…
Liesel as a young child learns how to read and write better than any other kids her age. This ends up paying off when she is able to write her own book and record her life. Liesel is like one of the people in society who has been able to overcome this mountain of personal success. Many people are never able to achieve this goal, but many try, many fail, and many succeed, and many are still trying to become successful in some…
In Paul Kalanithi’s memoir When Breath Becomes Air, he teaches the reader that although time is limited and death is inevitable, life can still be meaningful and have a purpose, even if it is as simple as helping an individual find the strength to overcome whatever hardships they may be forced to face. The beginning of the book starts off with Paul reflecting on what death is and what it means. In one event at the beginning of his book, years before being diagnosed with lung cancer, he was working as doctor and helping a pregnant woman who was having distress with her unborn twins. The twins ended up being born prematurely and since there was a lack of development in their organs, neither newborn survived longer than twenty-four hours.…
The importance of reading in Liesel’s and the reader’s life is it can mold us and allow us to see in ways we couldn’t if we didn’t have the words on…
She benefits from the friends she had. Liesel learns how to read from Hans Hubermann and steal what she loves with Rudy. As Liesel Meminger concludes her narrative, she says, “I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right” (Zusak 528). Like Liesel, people need to make sure that they use their words properly, whether it is to their advantage or for…
Everybody dies. Being human means death waits at some point, but oftentimes loved ones die first. Before most people die, they lose someone, be it to war, poverty, disease, or other causes. In that moment of intense pressure, people realize that they can never see the dead person again and it reminds them of their own mortality. People always could have said more, or done more with that unique person that now will never happen.…
In the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the theme words are powerful is illuminated through many different style’s of writing. Writing style is what makes an author’s piece of literature unique. This book follows girl name Liesel who’s life story is being narrated through death during her time of despair. Zusak uses the theme words are powerful to illuminate irony, object symbolism, and allegory as a style of writing.…