THE BOOK THIEF BY MANI GENEL DATE 101419

THE BOOK THIEF BY: MANI GENEL DATE: 10/14/19 PERIOD: 5

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY AUTHOR: MARKUS ZUSAK BIRTHPLACE: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA ON JUNE 23, 1975 LIVES: SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA FAMILY: FATHER IS HELMUT ZUSAK MOTHER IS LISA ZUSAK AND 3 SIBLINGS ( 2 SISTERS AND 1 BROTHER) HAS TWO CHILDREN AND MARRIED TOMIKA ZUSAK 6 BOOKS IN TOTAL AND WRITES IN FICTION AWARDS: ANNUAL MARGARET EDWARDS AWARD, BOOK SENSE OF THE YEAR FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, AND JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE FUN FACTS: • MOTION PICTURE FOR “THE BOOK THIEF. ” • BOOK THIEF STAYED ON NEW YORK BEST SELLERS FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT

TIME PERIOD, SETTING, HISTORY Ø THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 2005 Ø THE YEAR IS 1939 ANDWORLD WAR II Ø TAKES PLACE IN MOLCHING, GERMANY Ø FUN FACT: MOLCHING IS A FICTIONAL PLACE THOUGH IT’S OUTSIDE THE OF MUNICH, GERMANY. Ø LIESEL LIVES ON STREET THAT IS AN IRONY JOKEH. IMMEL STREET IS TRANSLATED TO “HEAVEN. ” Ø NAZI ARE LOOKING FOR JEWS - LIESEL HELPS HID MAX A JEW IN THE BASEMENT OF HER HOME. Ø THIS MAJOR WAR HAD A MASSIVE EFFECT ON THE CHARACTERS, AND SOME GET TO SEE TWO SIDES OF THE STORY.

CHARACTERS: LIESEL • STARTS OF 9 YEARS OLD IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NOVEL AND IS OLD WOMAN • ENJOYS READING BOOKS THOUGH IN THE BEGINNING SHE CAN’T READ • JOINS NAZI FOR GIRLS AT 10 • STEALS BOOKS AND SHE STOLE HER FIRST BOOK AT HER BROTHER’S FUNERAL • SHE HAS NIGHTMARES OF HER DEAD BROTHER WERNER • OPPOSES NAZI REGIME • SHE HAS CLOSES COLOR TONAZI BLONDE HAIR AND HAS DANGEROUS BROWN HAIR.

LIESEL’S QUOTE “IS IT REALLY YOU, THE YOUNG MAN ASKED […] IS IT FROM YOUR CHEEK THAT I TOOK THE SEED. ” (CHAPTER 80, PAGE 512) THIS QUOTE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSELIESEL IS ONLY CAPABLE TO EXPRESS HER FEELINGS TO MAX BY HIS OWN WORDS. SHE CHOSE THIS IMPACT WHAT SHE SAYS, AND SHE EXPLAINS TO HIM THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS HIS GIFTS.

DEATH • DEATH IS THE NARRATOR OF THE STORY • HID JOB IS TO TAKE THE SOUL FROM THE BODY AND EXAMPLE IS WERNER • HE HAS FEELINGS LIKE DEPRESSION, JOY, SADNESS, • HE GETS INTERESTED IN LIESEL STORY AND THAT KEEPS HIM GOING

DEATH’S QUOTE THESE QUOTES ARE INTERESTING TO THE STORY LIKE HOW DEATH EXPLAINS THAT HE IS HAUNTED Y HUMANS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HAUNTED BY DEATH. HE IS THERE SPECTATING, EXPERIENCING, AND WATCHING HUMANS DIE. HE IS AFRAID OF HOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH COURAGE TO STAY ON OUR FEET EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AFRAID.

THEME S IDENTITY THE PAST CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT THE PRESENT. CHARACTERS MUST HAVE A STRONG IDENTITY. A JEW MUST STAY HIDDEN TO SURVIVE AND TAKES A BIG TROLL TO THEIR IDENTITY. SOME GUILT IS HUGE PART TO THEIR IDENTITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ILSA HERMAN COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES CAN BE TRANSLATED AND INTERPRETED IN MANY WAYS. THE BOOK PRESENTS THAT LANGUAGE TO HELP HEAL, SAVE, AND FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE. THE BOOK DOES SHOW THE GERMANS USED LANGUAGE TO PLACE FEAR AND HATE BUT, STORY SHOWS US THAT WE CAN USE THE WORDS FOR A POSITIVE IMPACT THAN A NEGATIVE ONE.

THEME S COURAGE MORTALITY COURAGE CAN CAUSE SOMEONE TO ACT IN POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. DEATH ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE PEOPLE DIE, AND HE IS JUST PART OF LIFE. THE BOOK SHOWS COURAGE IS A STRONG THEME. THE HUBERMANS TAKE IN MAX EVEN DEATH IS THE NARRATOR OF THIS STORY AND HE TALKS ABOUT MORTALITY. DEATH EXPLAINS THOUGH THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY ARE THE JOB IS TO SEPARATE THE SOUL FROM THE CAUGHT, THEY CAN FACE SERIOUS TROUBLE. BODY. DEATH EXPLAINS THIS IS TRAGIC TALE. MANY CHARACTERS MUST GROW AND CHANGE WITH COURAGE BECOMING A BIGGER FACTOR.

CONFLICTS LIESEL VS. HER NIGHTMARES NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, LIESEL HAD ILSA VS. HERSELF ILSA HERMANN, MAYOR’S WIFE, GOES THOUGH BEEN WAKING UP TO HER NIGHTMARES OF HER MANY THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS DUE TO THE DEAD BROTHER. WERNER, LIESEL’S YOUNGER LOSS OF HER SON. SHE FEELS VERY DEPRESSED BROTHER, WAS COUGHING AND HAD FELL TO THE AND VULNERABLE. GROUND.

CONFLICTS HANS VS. HANS JR LIESEL VS. NAZI SOCIETY WHEN HANS JR. IS OVER, HE AND HIS FATHER DISCUSS ABOUT THE NAZI PARTY. HANS JR LIESEL AND HER FAMILY ARE AJEW, MAX, IN THEIR BASEMENT. SHE CAN’T LET ANYONE KNOW HE IS HAS AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS FATHER THAT HE THERE OR HER FAMILY FACE CRUCIAL SHOULDN’T BE AGAINST THEM. PUNISHMENTS. FOR MAX. HE WOULD BE SENT TO A CONCERTATION CAMP.

SUMMARIZE LIESEL HAS GIVEN UP ON BOOKS AND AS WELL ASILSA HERMANN’S LIBRARY. ILSA HAS GIVES LIESEL AN EMPTY JOURNAL FOR HER TO WRITE IN. LIESEL TITLES IT “THE BOOK THIEF” AND WRITES ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE UNTIL THE BOMBING OFHIMMEL STREET WHEN SHE LEARNED HER MOTHER AND FATHER HAD DIED AND THAT IS WHERE SHE DROPS HER BOOK. DEATH COMES TO PICK IT AND STARTS TO NARRATE THE REST OF THE STORY. LATER WE LEARN THAT LIESEL HAD A HAPPY ENDING HAVING A HUSBAND, 3 CHILDREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN. WE FIND TO SEE THATMAX SURVIVES THE CONCENTRATION CAMP AND SEES LIESEL AFTER THE CONCLUSION WWII. LIESEL DIES IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA WHERE THE AUTHOR HOMETOWN. DEATH COMES TO SEE LIESEL AND HE GIVES HER BOOK BACK. SHE ASKS IF IT MAKES SENSE AND HE TAKES HER SOUL FROM HER BODY. HE LEAVES OF SAYS THAT HE ALWAYS OVERESTIMATE HUMANITY AND HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN HER STORYH. E ENDS THE STORY WITH AN IMPORTANT QUOTE. WHAT I LEARNED: 1. 2. DEATH COMES UNEXPECTED 3. 4. KEEP MOVING FORWARD WORDS CARRY POWER ACCEPT OTHER’S DIFFERENCE I REALLY ENJOYED THE BOOK AND HOW EVERY PIECE OF THE STORY COMES TOGETHER. IT WAS INTERESTING HOW MARKUS PORTRAITS DEATH AS A NARRATOR THAN JUST DEATH. THE ENDING WAS GREAT. SOME OF THE PICTURES WERE DRAWN BY ME.

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