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Human nature is truly a complex thing to understand. Jackie French has lured us into a world bursting with vital historical information, she has entangled in the novel, a series of facts about the many events that occurred in World War II. French has taken the time to structure this novel with sensitivity and sophistication. She has shown great sympathy towards the Jewish people throughout this captivating novel. The author then leads us onto a path to teach us the importance of history and the endless lessons we may learn from the mistakes of previous generations.

Setting: This chapter takes place on the beach and mountains on the deserted island in between the years of the Second World War

The Book Thief, is a Death narrated novel by Markus Zusak. The story takes place in Nazi Germany, 1939, where Liesel Meminger arrives on Himmel Street to start a new life with her foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. She lives to a very old age and when Death finally comes to take her away, he wants to tell Liesel about beauty and brutality. But what could he tell her about beauty and brutality that she didn’t know, the Book Thief had lived through it all. The time she saw Max marching to Dachau, the time Rudy went into the Amper River to save The Whistler, and the final moments she spent with Mama. Liesel Meminger’s life had always represent beauty in the wake of brutality.

The Book Thief, directed by Brian Percival, and The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, directed by Mark Herman, are both films that share similar themes and are focused on the time of war during Hitler’s reign of power. In both films, the idea of innocence is portrayed and corrupted through the friendship of child protagonists, influence of father figures, characterisation of children in war and the narrative perspectives. Symbolism, motifs and themes in these two films are explored to emphasise how innocence is portrayed and corrupted throughout the texts. The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas reflects on the horrifying events of the holocaust where the protagonist,

Oh what a lovely war written by Charles chilton and developed by joan littlewood, which was written to capture the conflict that had made so many people 'disappear' form the face of the earth. Its set in the 1900's when the first world war and joan Littlewood interpreted it into an anti war piece as she believed

impacts on the soldiers. This novel depicts the life as a soldier in the German Army fighting

World War II is known as one of the most horrific events in history that resulted in a mass killing of millions, yet it is also considered to be beautiful at the same time. A paradox is where two different things happen at the same time. This occurs when both beauty and ugly are shown in World War II and in the novel, “The Book Thief.” During the time of World War II and “The Book Thief” a man named Hitler and his allies went to war with the rest of the world to make his country great again. The novel “The Book Thief” is a story told by Death about a young girl, Liesel Meminger, a book thief, who has to start a new life with her foster parents because of the war going on. As she continues her life of stealing books she learns and sees both

Four people who have never met before all carry around their guilt. As the end of World War Two happens, these four are trying to get to safety. Joana, the sergeant, who spent her whole life studying, wishes she put her book down and enjoyed the people she is fighting to get back too. Staying in her group, Joana is protected by her _____ status. When a boy and girl join the group, both of them hurt, Joana treated them before asking question. The girl, Emili, was polish, a race deemed unworthy of Hitler, and also pregnant. Where the baby’s father was unknown, Emili and her pink hat did not know the language, but spoke poor enough German to let Joana know the boy, whom Emili called her knight, saved her from a Russian solider. the boy, Florian

This book is not intended for the faint of heart. It all starts in the city of Sighet. It is currently the start of WW2. The authors family, first get evacuated by the SS soldiers and other forms of military. They are later shipped to what is known as a concentration camp. The parts after that, I can not spoil. This book is short yet

The time is 1942 and World War Two is taking place in the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles. However, there is also a war taking place within the minds of two friends at Devon Boarding School for boys. John Knowles uses the war function has a metaphor to illustrate the war of paranoia and jealousy going on inside genes head.

Many are familiar with Anne Frank's diary and have even sat down and watched the movie The Diary of Anne Frank. With her diary we learn a lot about Anne and her family, as well as the tragic story of their life, and the lives of many other Jews. However, this is not the only movie that gives us an insight in the life of a young girl during World War II. The Book Thief is in many ways similar to The Diary of Anne Frank in which the viewer is provided the experiences of the war between two very different young girls that have to adapt to a new home and possess an increasing hunger for knowledge.

It follows Paul Baumer and his friends, such as Stanislaus Katczinsky, or “Kat”, after they are drafted into the German Army in World War One. As the war carries on, the comrades slowly but surely question the purpose of war. The book received mixed reviews, some positive, some not. Those who disliked it the most were the now broken up National Socialist Party, or Nazis. The book was banned and burned by the Nazis due to it’s anti-war theme, which was quite the opposite of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s plan for Germany. However, the book became a bestseller, and a movie was produced in the 30s. It was given high praise by the Allies, and still sells to this day. It is an astonishing view of World War One, told through the eyes of a german soldier. The books makes one question why wars are fought, and if an enemy in a war, is really an enemy at all. It asks why governments throw lives at each other to attempt to resolve something. The book truly is a thought provoking read and is a book that many people could learn

novel is set at the time when World War II was going on and on the

Beneath the nurses apron Eve Marche wears to tend German and Allied troops, beats the heart of a MI6 spy. Pinned to it is the Iron Cross she was awarded for saving Major Otto Reinhardt. While the cross provides an element of protection from the Bosch it also invites scornful glares from fellow Belgians. She can't tell them the truth, no one must know—no one outside her family—of her involvement in the La Dame Blanch network.  In her third novel, Kate Breslin dials up the danger and intrigue for a story I could not put down!

A young Canadian nurse, a Sikh bomb disposal expert, a thief turned spy, and a man burnt beyond recognition, meet in the last moments of the Second World War. The identity of the patient is the heart of the story as he tells his memories of a doomed love affair in the North African desert. Love and passion are set against the devastation of war in this inspired novel by Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje.