Comparing The Book Thief And The Secret Life Of Bees

Once Lily accepts what she has done and learns that her mother's death did not make her a bad person, her conflict can finally be resolved. As a result of resolving her conflict, she is able to mature because of the struggle, just like other people are able to grow and evolve from their own mistakes. This is evident when she admits "Before coming here, my whole life had been nothing but a hole where my mother should have been, and this hole had made me different, left me always aching for something, but never once did I think what he'd lost or how it might've changed him" (Kidd 293). Lily finally realizes that her mother's death has not only affected her, but also her father, T. Ray, and the calendar sisters. Through the course of Lily's struggle, Lily learns a lot about life and matures into a wiser

Guilt can Affect how you think about someone else just to forget about that one thing that is bothering you. The book I am reading about is We Were Here by Matt De La Pena. the main characters in the book are Miguel, Rondell and Mong. One of the secondary sources is “Because guilt is painful people often find ways to soothe their feelings”(Markman). After all this secondary source explains how guilt can be painful for someone, especially if they are trying to hide it from other people. In the book We Were Here the main character Miguel uses guilt to in a way that he doesn’t focus too much on it, but the guilt can’t go away since he keeps on remember what he did . Also, the fact that his mother never wanted to talk to him right after what he

The Book Thief is set in the time of World War 2 where the Holocaust is present and disaster is everywhere. Throughout the story, Liesel, the main character, learns that words are extremely powerful and hold the ability for people to use them for good or for evil. Among the disaster and altercations, Liesel uses her literature to comfort her and make herself more powerful due to her knowledge, which demonstrates the theme of the story, the comfort and power of literature and words softens the pain of loss.

My personal experience with guilt was the time when I cheated off a math quiz in elementary school. Eyes glaring across the table of the smartest girl in class, I started scribbling answers on the test. Catching her glance made me look away and not make it too noticeable. Realizing my deed and its effects encouraged me to look away from her test and pour out my own knowledge and effort. This relates to Gary Soto’s experience of stealing the pie while I nearly cheated on a math test. In contrast, my consciousness made me realize my evil ponderings and to control my nerves on not knowing the material.

How is innocence portrayed and corrupted in The Book Thief and The Boy in Striped Pyjamas?

The Book Thief is a historical novel written by Markus Zusak. It provides the readers a deeper understanding of the lives of Jews and Germans in Germany during the brutal Nazi regime and how they manage to survive. This includes not only the physical survival of the fittest, but also the survival of their moral beliefs. In addition to the author’s theme of inhumanity and humanity of man, he provides a background story for the characters in the book and how they are similar and different by their moral beliefs, their goals, their guilt, and their relationship with words. Two of the characters that are mentioned throughout the book to remind the readers of their struggles to survive in the Third Reich are Liesel and Max. Liesel is the foster daughter of Hans and Rosa Hubermann and “the book thief” who realizes the power of words in the Nazi community while Max is a fist fighter and German Jew who hides in Hans’s basement to escape from Nazi incarceration and eventually survives the concentration camp after he is arrested on his way to Stuttgart by the Nazis. Liesel and Max can be compared and contrasted through analyzing their struggles, includes their fear of the death, their guilt of

Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier perfectly demonstrates how guilt sticks around no matter how much time has passed if you don’t deal with it. In the story, the main character Lizabeth gets very angry and destroys an elderly woman named Miss. Lottie's marigolds she had planted in her yard. Before this, Lizabeth overheard her parents fighting and crying about their dire situation, something she had never seen her strong, determined parents do before. Lizabeth took her anger out on Miss. Lottie and her marigolds, she basically ripped the whole garden to shreds. The guilt from doing this has stuck with her over the years. For example, as the author clearly states, “Yet, there are times when the image of those passionate

Lily saw her mother as a bad person for abandoning her. August explains to Lily that her mother made a mistake of leaving her with T.Ray. She also tells Lily that her mother tried to fix it be returning to get her. This conversation is an important factor when Lily learns to forgive her mother and herself.

Many people say that you need to read the book before you watch movie based on the book because the movie is always different. The movie for The Secret Life of Bees is no exception to that rule. The Secret Life of Bees is about a 14-year-old, white girl, named Lily Owens, living in 1964. While Lily was just 4 years old, her mother, Deborah, died, and her only memory of her mom is hazy and unsure. In her memory, Deborah was packing a bag to leave her abusive husband T. Ray and take Lily with her. Before they could leave though, T. Ray tried to force her to stay, and she grabbed a gun. T. Ray knocked it out of her hand, so Lily wanted to hand it back to her. Then she accidentally shot her mother, and she died. In the summer of ‘64, Lily ran

The presence of guilt has been felt by all human beings. As guilt grows in a

Her journey of self growth is largely based on the fact that Lily feels that she has committed a terrible sin that has left her unlovable. Forgiving herself for her own mistakes is the most difficult obstacle Lily has overcome. Despite the great difficulty, the love and support that is given to her, as well as the lesson she had learned in forgiving her mother were essential to Lily’s ultimate forgiveness--“I have forgiven us both, although sometimes in the night my dreams will take me back to the sadness, and I have to wake up and forgive us again.” (Kidd

In the beginning of the story, Lily was a runaway who firmly believed that she was unlovable, but after many precarious events led her and Rosaleen to the Boatwright Sisters, she was taken by August Boatwright without hesitation. August fed the girl, washed her, kept a roof atop her head, and most importantly, treated the Lily as if she was the elderly woman’s own. And when Lily eventually wanted to know about her mother, August obliged and revealed everything. Following the revelation, Lily broke down and “[August] was like a sponge, absorbing what [Lily] couldn’t hold anymore” (238). Up to this point in the story, Lily has been physically and mentally abused by T. Ray. Also, she felt unlovable, maybe even unfit for love. But with August’s presence and comfort, she was able to learn that she was able to be loved. In that regard, August was being what a mother should be: loving and supportive

In life, there is that one person who is ambitious enough to save someone’s life. There is only one character that plays that role in the book, The Book Thief. Hans Hubermann, a veteran who served in World War 1 and saved his country. The different examples Hans shows was when he hides Max, a Jewish man who does not want to go to the concentration camps. As a character, he reflects that anyone can help someone in this world.

After committing a sin, the guilt feeling will stay with you until it is resolved or redeemed, it might take years for it to go away. According to psychology today, an article published by Guy Winch, a licensed psychologist, says that “Unresolved guilt is like having a snooze alarm in your head that won't shut off, Indeed, it is not uncommon for guilt to persist over lengthy periods of time”. As the study suggests, guilt will stay with you until it is redeemed, just like a snoozed alarm in your head until it is shut, during the time your feeling guilty, you will have a negative mood, and it is hard to concentrate because of the negative thoughts. In The Kite Runner, the author shows us this universal truth after the rape incidence, Amir is feeling guilty because he didn’t stand up for Hassan, he kept feeling guilty all through the book until he redeemed himself and stood up for Hassan’s son, Sohrab, later on in the book. “What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace”. It is here where Amir redeems his guilt, after taking a beating from Assef on his mission to rescue Sohrab, Amir feels that he finally stood up for what is right, that can Intercedes for his past. Thus, guilt haunts people for as long as it takes until it is

Imagine living in a mansion, with more than a hundred rooms, containing a secret behind one of those doors. Imagine not being able to figure out the mystery. Imagine someone informing you that you are not aloud to search for the private room, or their will be a consequence. In the book, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and the book The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, both protagonists are keeping a secret. For example, in The Secret Garden, the author states, “It was the lock of the door which had been closed ten years and she put her hand in her pocket, drew out the key and found it fitted the keyhole. She put the key in and turned it.” This secret garden Mary is trying to discover has not been found for at least ten years. She is not supposed to be looking for the secret garden, however. (Burnett, page 64) This shows that Mary has unlocked the door to the secret garden. No one has witnessed the key or the door in a decade. A robin becomes acquaintances with Mary and helps her find the key.