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US History II Honors Summer Assignment (Group B, Essay 1) In Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief, stories within the story often act as a powerful plot device. They serve to reveal underlying themes within the novel, to make character’s feelings known, or to break down what is happening around the characters into a more metaphorical form. The stories convey feelings, such as in Max vandenburg’s stories that he illustrated for Liesel, “The Standover Man” and “The Word Shaker”. The Max’s…

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a historical-fiction book published in 2005 by Picador. The story is narrated by Death, and takes place in Germany, in a small city, called Molching, during WWII. The story begins with Liesel, a young girl, moving in with her new foster parents, and the next four years of her life on Himmel street, which changes dramatically with the heightening of WWII. On Himmel street, she meets Rudy Steiner, her best friend, and Max Vandenburg, a Jewish fistfighter. The…

The Book Thief: A different perspective 11/7/2015 0 Comments "Here is a small fact. You are going to die." The 'Book Thief', narrated through the eyes of 'Death' begins with this startling remark. This book, set in Germany during the Second World, is, among other things, about a girl named Liesel and her experiences from this horrible time. Courage could be considered as the main theme. The writer of the Book Thief is Markus Zusak. As a child he grew up hearing stories about the childhood of…

WWII-era, The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is a historical fiction describing the life of Liesel Meminger. This book caught my attention because I heard that it was narrated by Death and I wanted to see Death’s perspective of the millions of deaths that happened during WWII. Liesel is a pure German whose foster family doesn’t conform to Hitler’s Nazi policies. As a result, she struggles during the war through all her hardships but the one thing that always keeps her hopeful are books.…

The book The Book Thief has many topics that support many different themes throughout the whole book. For examples kindness, words and responsibilities. To begin, The Hubermanns show a big act of kindness when they hide and take care of Max. They make it a priority to keep him alive and are willing to put their own lives in danger, not to mention they give him so much respect. They also care for him and show him emotions as if he was truly apart of the family. Liesel and Max form a strong…

Are E-readers/E-books ‘Rekindling’ Love for Reading or Detrimental to Literature? E-readers -or electronic readers- are a new invention to the 21st century. Technology is obviously advancing and leaves nothing behind the times. The physical book is no exception - everything is changing. To someone who regards themselves as ‘computer illiterate’ the thought of an ‘electronic-book’ could sound daunting but e-books are slowly invading society as we know it. The establishment of the e-reader has…

The Book Thief summary – first 100 pages At the beginning of the book the narrator, Death, talks about himself: his “job”, how he wishes to go on vacation and how he manages to stay sane even if it is hard. He talks about the colour of humans’ death. Later, he introduces the main characters of the story. Death has flashbacks about the moments he met the Book Thief, the first one was on a snowy day when her little brother died. The second time he met her was after an airplane crash when the…

Writing and marking up books is a very strange and uncomfortable concept to many people. From a very young age, people have been taught that writing in a book would take away from the literature. However, after reading “How to Mark a Book” by Mortimer Adler, I feel differently about what I was once taught. Adler makes it known that by marking books will help us all become a better reader by being more engaged with the literature. Adler coins the term “writing between the lines”. This to me is a…

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is narrated by Death as he follows Liesel and her foster family during the Holocaust. Throughout the novel, books, an accordion, and bread appear multiple times. These three symbols can be compared at contrasted when looking at what they represent, how they relate to rebelling, and how they aid the evolution of the characters associated with them. To begin with, books, the accordion, and bread all symbolize positive things. For example, books symbolize power…

Markus Zusak’s haunting novel The Book Thief uses masterfully written characters and a bewitching plot to tell the story of a young girl’s life in wartime Germany. Through the multi-faceted narration of Death, Zusak tells the story of a girl named Liesel who develops hatred for the Nazi party through her relationships and through discoveries made in her stolen books. After the death of her brother Liesel is left to live in a small town with foster parents. Although adjusting to her new life,…