The Lightning Thief

In The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger had a great relationship with her foster father, Hans Hubermann. Overtime, this relationship developed into something very special. I believe this relationship is the purest and strongest in the book. Hans who is an incredibly kind, decent and patient man, easily wins over Liesel’s affections after she comes to the Hubermann household. He does this through several different acts of kindness all of which help Liesel feel loved, supported and okay with who she is…

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…

The Book Thief Markus Zusak’s, The Book Thief, was expressed later into a film directed by Brain Percival’s, the film explores in which way the Jews were treated as inhuman creatures. The points I will be discussing are the Holocaust, the crystal night (Kristallnacht) and the burning of the books. Brian Percival’s has explored World War II in his film The Book Thief, within the film the holocaust played a small part, however, the holocaust was foreshadowed throughout the whole film. The…

The journey from being doubtful of yourself to being confident is a physical and mental transition. In the book I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, the main character Ed struggles with self confidence because of the situation he is in. Ed is a nineteen-year-old man living as a taxi driver, who does not have many friends. One day Ed gets a playing card in the mail with three addresses on it. When Ed goes to those houses, his life dramatically changes for the better. Ed learns and gains self…

In “Bullet in the Brain” (1995), Tobias Wolff summarizes a whole life of Anders. The main character whose named Anders is a book critic, and the cause of his death is because his sarcastic comments. At the beginning of the reading is about the story in the bank, two robbers shows up and use guns to threat everyone. However, the character Anders seems cannot realize he is in danger and keep making sarcastic comments to the robbers. Then, the robbers shot him. After the bullet into Anders…

included, which made it very intriguing. There were minor details missing, but overall the movie got the general idea of the book. The movie did a good job interpreting the book with Liesel’s relationship with many different characters. In both The Book Thief movie and book, Liesel and Rudy had a very tight relationship. They became close from walking to school together almost every morning, and she became comfortable with Rudy very quickly. Rudy protected Liesel in many ways including the…

is 1929 and he is awoken in the night by a loud sound. He rushes to his back yard and sees a Graf Zeppelin a German dirigible plane. Louie as any child would was amazed by the Graf Zeppelin astounded Louie was not the best child, he was known as a thief. If anything went missing in anyone’s house in Torrance they knew whose door to knock on. “He socked a girl. He pushed a teacher. He pelted a policeman with rotten tomatoes”(Hillenbrand 9). Once Louie was fourteen years old, he learned in his…

In a world of over 7 billion people, there tends to only be two characteristics one can have: kindness or cruelty. Yet the power of both kindness and cruelty are underestimated. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the kindness and cruelty of humans is displayed through people like Liesel Meminger, Adolf Hitler, and Max Vandenburg. The Book Thief’s name herself doesn’t sound appealing, but Liesel truly had a heart of gold. During WWII, going to a bomb shelter was a weekly event. In this…

The title of the book I read for my essay was The Rogue Knight by Brandon Mull. This book is the second book in the series that continues from the first book, Sky Raiders. Brandon Mull is the author of many other bestseller books such as The Five Kingdoms series and the Fablehaven series. This book’s genre is fantasy and action because it has unrealistic magic like witchcraft and shaping. There is always action in this book and it makes me want to keep reading. There are many characters in this…

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…