The Lightning Thief

Guilt is a recurring theme in the novel, especially when it comes to Hans Hubermann when his life was spared in France during World War I thanks to Erik Vandenburg’s, whose life wasn’t spared. While World War I, Eric was in the army with him, the same group, and Eric is the reason Hans was able to stay behind when he suggested Hubermann to write a few dozen letters by coming up and saying his name along with “Immaculate handwriting, sir, immaculate” (Zuzak, 178). The rest of them got into a…

There are many books recalling the devastation of WWII, but none of them recall it from the perspective of death. This is one of the main reasons that make this book so unique and also why I would recommend it to everyone. To begin, Markus Zusak personified “death” by giving it a sense of curiosity and a combination of dark and funny personalities. Who would ever turn down a book that is narrated by death? Many of the books on WWII are all written by the perspectives of the people that lived…

Searching Within This essay is about a book by Daniel O’Malley titled, The Rook, a story of a skilled, high-ranking operative, named Myfanwy, who protects Great Britain from an old, dark emerging force of destruction. This story reflects the struggle and journey of discovering one’s self-identity shared by every human being in life. The Rook also tells of Myfanwy’s struggle with her strengths and weaknesses as she tries to understand the life she inherited. When confronting her fears, she…

Synopsis The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is narrated by Death in 1938. Liesel Meminger moves away to the home of her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The kind and friendly house painter, Hans finds out that Liesel does not know how to read or write. Liesel was not so fond of Hans until she rolled cigarettes with him, there was no exact reason why she liked this hobby so much, she probably liked to help her Papa. Liesel meets her best friend Rudy Steiner who has longed for a kiss from…

In the Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Leisel, an orphaned girl introduced into a new home, named Liesel, becomes a friend to a young Jewish man named Max, who is on the run from the Nazis and is given shelter in the Hubberman household. While Leisel and Max are two of the main characters that are in this book, they have their similarities as well as their differences in personality, character and background. Liesel and Max both share an appreciation for books and their stories, as well as why they…

Part One starts with Liesel’s brother (Werner) dying on the train to Munich, this is where Liesel steals the grave digger’s handbook. She is then handed to the Hubermann’s, her new foster parents. Hans Hubermann is a mellow fellow, while Rosa Hubermann was more strict and had a colourful language the dictionary fails to describe. After she refuses to bathe, Rosa calls Liesel a Saumensch, which will feature more and more throughout the book. Liesel began having nightmares about her dead brother…

I put the phone down with deep anguish. My mind is racing. Liesel. The little girl with the blonde flowing hair, who reads my books, who delivered my washing, who is now in the unknown. Liesel. I quickly changed out of my bathrobe and told my husband to get the car ready, we are going to Himmel Street. My mind was moving faster than the car, racing down the hill from Grande Strasse, I could only think the worst. What if I get there and there are bodies everywhere, buildings crumbled and, Liesel,…

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Tayla Cahoon The Book Thief August 2, 2017 The Book Thief It is 1939. Nazi’s have taken over Germany. Everyone is holding their breath except for Death. In the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak;“Death narrates the life story of Liesel Meminger all while being busier than ever. In this breathtaking piece of fiction, Zusak exemplifies power, change and connections. He portrays power by showing how Adolf Hitler forced many Jewish men and women to either face death or play a nerve…

Holocaust there was fine line of life and death become pronounced, including the Concentration Camps and the bombing that would take place in Nazi-occupied areas. Liesel is no stranger to death, in fact Death admires her. Death is the narrator in The Book Thief, he is especially interested in the Liseal. Death is aware that he has taken Liesel’s love ones, but not with ill intentions, because he sees the suffering that humanity is laid upon them and just wants to end the misery of certain…