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The Book Thief Pages 73-81
This section was a very unique section in my opinion. This section described Liesel's life at school. Everyone seems to bully Liesel except for Rudy; Rudy always stands up for her. The teacher seems to be very mean as well, and I personally did not enjoy the chapter as much as the others because the teacher gave me a very cold feeling. But besides that, the chapter was very well crafted, for example, "(By the way-I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It amuses me)". I did not know that Death was still narrating this while time because he never spoke of his opinions until now. I am assuming that because of this someone else is going to die like in the very beginning, or that it was just a joke for the readers. In the beginning of the section, also, The author gives us an important fact world-wide, and an important fact story-wide(not as big). This reminds me of the section death and chocolate, when death gives us a small fact that is a big fact. And here he gives us a small fact and a big fact. I am not sure if it was purposeful or not, but it defiantly caught my attention.
Anyways, I am really looking forward for part 2, and I hope that if you stumbled upon this, that you will want to read this as well.
Friday, November 28, 2014
The Book Thief Pages 62-72
SPOILER ALEARTIf you have not started to read this book, and have stumbled across this blog, be warned, there are some spoilers in these passages.
The Book Thief Pages 62-72
These two sections were again rather interesting for me as a reader. Everything I was confused about in the beginning is slowly unraveling, and I am really exited to see what is hidden underneath the it all. Liesel's father, again, really is a character that makes me feel warm when I imagine a scene of him and Liesel. He is able to cut back from all of the stress and relax in any situation, and is always willing to help Liesel.
"A story. Story after story. Story within story." Was a very cool sentence in my opinion, because it not only great to use with what is currently happening in the story, but explains the book thief in general!
The Book Thief Pages 62-72
These two sections were again rather interesting for me as a reader. Everything I was confused about in the beginning is slowly unraveling, and I am really exited to see what is hidden underneath the it all. Liesel's father, again, really is a character that makes me feel warm when I imagine a scene of him and Liesel. He is able to cut back from all of the stress and relax in any situation, and is always willing to help Liesel.
"A story. Story after story. Story within story." Was a very cool sentence in my opinion, because it not only great to use with what is currently happening in the story, but explains the book thief in general!
The Boom Thief Pages 46-61
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The Book Thief Pages 46-55
This section of the book was rather interesting to me. It introduced a new friend of Liesel's: Rudy. Rudy is a very interesting character in my opinion, especially since the author was able to develop him very well. The author gave Rudy someone to look up to via the Jesse Owens incident, which I defiantly would have not believed if the author did not develop his admiration for Jesse Owens to such an extent.
"The church aimed itself toward the sky" was a very cool quote in my opinion because it gave an inanimate object a human quality: a high aim or goal.
Rudy's father was also heavily developed during this section. But I guess he has every right to be when you have a son that would cover himself in charcoal and run in the Olympic games because he admires Jesse Owens so much. Rudy's father, though, seems like he loves his son, though; sort of like Liesel and her mom's relationship with each other.
I am so exited to continue reading, and I hope those who come across this blog will be inspired to read this book as well
The Book Thief Pages 46-55
This section of the book was rather interesting to me. It introduced a new friend of Liesel's: Rudy. Rudy is a very interesting character in my opinion, especially since the author was able to develop him very well. The author gave Rudy someone to look up to via the Jesse Owens incident, which I defiantly would have not believed if the author did not develop his admiration for Jesse Owens to such an extent.
"The church aimed itself toward the sky" was a very cool quote in my opinion because it gave an inanimate object a human quality: a high aim or goal.
Rudy's father was also heavily developed during this section. But I guess he has every right to be when you have a son that would cover himself in charcoal and run in the Olympic games because he admires Jesse Owens so much. Rudy's father, though, seems like he loves his son, though; sort of like Liesel and her mom's relationship with each other.
I am so exited to continue reading, and I hope those who come across this blog will be inspired to read this book as well
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
The Book Thief Pages 30-45
The book thief pages 30-45
I think that this section of the book thief was rather interesting. I enjoyed reading about the book thief's life in this new house. Mama seems like a person who wants everyone to be angry and stressed. Papa seems like a person who wants everyone to be relaxed and not to care about much things. Overall, I think that the author did really well of giving the reader a warm feeling when reading about Papa. And a cold, bitter feeling when reading about Mama.
"Rosa Huberman had a face decorated with constant fury". This is a sentence I thought was really well crafted, because instead of saying that Mama was always furious, the Author wrote that she was wearing fury. That was a sentence that stuck with me throughout the section.
This section really makes me want to know what will happen in the future with the book thief, and I can't wait to find out!
I think that this section of the book thief was rather interesting. I enjoyed reading about the book thief's life in this new house. Mama seems like a person who wants everyone to be angry and stressed. Papa seems like a person who wants everyone to be relaxed and not to care about much things. Overall, I think that the author did really well of giving the reader a warm feeling when reading about Papa. And a cold, bitter feeling when reading about Mama.
"Rosa Huberman had a face decorated with constant fury". This is a sentence I thought was really well crafted, because instead of saying that Mama was always furious, the Author wrote that she was wearing fury. That was a sentence that stuck with me throughout the section.
This section really makes me want to know what will happen in the future with the book thief, and I can't wait to find out!
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Book Thief Pages 19-29
The Book Thief pages 19-29
I had mixed emotions about this section of the book. I felt sad, I felt happy, I felt mad. I feel bad that the Book Thief, or Liesel, that she lost her brother. Death I feel very angry at, as well that he decided to take her brother. I actually feel a little happy that Liesel is going to a new home though because it will be a new experience for her, as bad as it might turn out to be.
This brings up a quote that I really liked in the story "For Liesel, it was a ride in a car. She’d never been in one before." You would expect that everyone had been in a car before, so you would expect this to be routine for her. But then when the next sentence says that she in unfamiliar to it, it completely turns your mind around.
Overall though, I am really impressed by this section, and I hope to read more about it.
I had mixed emotions about this section of the book. I felt sad, I felt happy, I felt mad. I feel bad that the Book Thief, or Liesel, that she lost her brother. Death I feel very angry at, as well that he decided to take her brother. I actually feel a little happy that Liesel is going to a new home though because it will be a new experience for her, as bad as it might turn out to be.
This brings up a quote that I really liked in the story "For Liesel, it was a ride in a car. She’d never been in one before." You would expect that everyone had been in a car before, so you would expect this to be routine for her. But then when the next sentence says that she in unfamiliar to it, it completely turns your mind around.
Overall though, I am really impressed by this section, and I hope to read more about it.
The Book Thief Pages 3-15
The Book Thief pages 3-15
I thought that this section I read was both confusing and yet very interesting. When death talks about colors, it confused me, and though he has explained it a bit, I still don't get what he means. I know and I am exited for when they are going to explain it later. When he drew 3 symbols to represent the 3 "main" colors, I was interested that he represents colors with symbols, just as we represent colors with words.
When death wanted to say sorry to the book thief, I was shocked because I did not expect death to have feelings, and yet he had feelings. But he couldn't because "they" wouldn't allow it. I am very exited to find out just who this "they"
I would have never guessed that Death had feelings and was compassionate for other people. He made it sound like he wasn't killing people, he was just the janitor sweeping them out of existence. He makes it sound like he was stuck with the job and he could not do anything about it. That is very interesting that the author made the narrator ,"death", be reluctant to do his job.
I thought that the quote " Please, be calm, despite that previous threat.I am all bluster—I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result." This makes me wonder: "a result of what?". It also really makes me exited to continue through the book.
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