The Lightning Thief

worlds. These entrances can be into a new life or they might represent communication between one world and another world, between the living and the dead." (Fraim 3). Doors are often used in stories as symbols, most commonly and in the case of The Book Thief that of a new beginning or a new life. Throughout the book we are continuously brought to the door, Zusak could have simply allowed each character to pass through. Instead the characters about to begin their new lives, as if they can feel…

The book, The Book Thief is set in one of the darkest time periods of the entire world, World War II or The Holocaust. The main character, Liesel, has lost everyone and everything she ever knew, and she has to learn to live her new life in a new area. Throughout this journey she makes new friends and family, makes a new life, and she learns how powerful words are. In The Book Thief, Mark Zusak shows how words are powerful enough to create friendship, give freedom, and overshadow hate. Through…

world we live in. Most people will argue the fact that humanity is not beautiful, but ugly for these reasons, but it’s really both: humanity is beautiful because the world is ugly, there are definite relationships between the two opposites. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak introduces multiple examples of how humanity is both beautiful yet ugly, at the same time. In the book, Death is the narrator who sees all in a third person omniscient view, and he states “I’m constantly overestimating and…

In both The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Sold by Patricia McCormick, there is a common theme of loss of innocence. Both main characters, Liesel Meminger and Lakshmi, experience great change throughout their novels. Both make the transformation from young girls to matured women. Although they would still be legally considered children at the end of their novels, the two girls have gone through more than many adults have ever experienced. When Liesel Meminger went to live with the Hubermanns,…

Summer Reading Scavenger Hunt - The Book Thief In the novel, The book Thief by Markus Zusak, the exciting tale if Liesel Meminger is told. The intriguing , sad, and suspenseful story would not be the same without its defining characters, setting, conflicts, and theme. All of these aspects come together to create an amazing Novel. To start, The Book Thief includes many different characters, all who play an important part in the plot. A character that could be considered a best friend is Rudy…

Finding love in sad times is not impossible; it is just hard to believe it is there. Yanek Gruener very much feels that way during World War 2 in “Prisoner B-3087” by Alan Gratz. While suffering from overwork and harassment, Yanek slowly begins to find his belief for love in small pieces. As he finds the pieces of love one at a time, they add up together to show Yanek that he can find love in the hardest time of his life. He realizes that in the darkest and saddest time of his life, he can find…

Creating an image of happiness, sadness, and tragedy all into this one story of life and death in one culture known as the Igbo culture. Chinua Achebe has been able to rope in his readers through symbolism and from the plot of on of the most popular stories of this kind. In Things Fall Apart you are really able to see why he has given this story the title Things Fall Apart. The story includes many people throughout different parts of the story. In the beginning we focus mainly on Okonkwo and his…

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury introduces two women who influence the life of the main character Guy Montag, a firefighter whose job is dedicated to destroying books. The seventeen-year-old neighbor, Clarisse McClellan, is mentioned first and provides the stimulus for Montag’s new outlook on life. His wife Mildred, whose personality differs completely from Clarisse’s, portrays the second woman who impacts Montag. With their differences, Clarisse and Mildred influence Montag in opposite ways…

turning red and the cold sweat comes out from your back and hand, your friend will ask you like this; Don’t you have any conscience in your heart? Almost every people would lower their head, and try to reflect their behavior. However, if I were the thief, I can answer that question like this; "Sure I have! However, my conscience which exists in my mind is so small that it is hard to persuade me to do right." Actually, people's morally wrong behaviors and guilty mind are not the problems of the…

chores me. I know what happens and so do you. It's the machinations that wheel us there that aggravate, perplex, interest, and astound me." (243). The novel The Book Thief, which is written by Markus Zusak, tells an enticing tale as we follow a story written in the perspective of death himself. The title of the book however, The Book Thief, refers to the main character Liesel Meminger as she steals books due to her love for reading. The book addresses the life of Liesel Meminger as she struggles…