Essay On Rudy

When Max moved into the Hubermann’s basement, it was a favor for the person that saved Hans’s life, “‘He saved my life’” (Zusak 179). This is where we need to understand the power of words and see that they are the difference between life and death. When Hans make this promise, not knowing that the power of his words was going to affect him in the future, it really was the difference between the life and death. Next, there was the situation with the bombing in Molching. When Death is collecting the souls in the Hubermann household, as said by Death, “But there was no Liesel in that house. Not for me, anyways” (Zusak 532). During this time, Liesel was writing her own book in the basement. The words were powerful, and in this lucky situation, they literally did save her life. Again, understanding that there is so much power within one person with words. They come from people and they are able to create amazing stories and say amazing things with them. It is amazing how powerful one book can be with all the words in it. By way of contrast, words still do have the power to ruin lives. During this time period, Hitler had so much power with his words. To further explain, “The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. Without words, the Fuhrer was nothing. There would be no limping prisoners, no need for consolation or worldly tricks to make us feel better. What good were the words?”

Rudy is an African American male that was at the scene of Meredith’s murder. He an Meredith had met at a bar that night and discovered that he lived in the apartment below him. They went to her apartment and Rudy went to use the restroom. He heard screaming and immediately opened the door and said, “he saw a man and he was 101 percent certain Amanda Knox was there” (Finn). He fled the scene and went to Germany after seeing her dead and thought that, "no one would believe him. He would be a Negro found guilty”

Hans’ life was altered in this time period by the Nazi Party. When he gave the soldier the bread, he was sent to the LSE (Air Raid Special Unit.) The Author wrote, “Hans Hubermann grew smaller and smaller, and his hand held nothing now but empty air.” When he left for the army he escaped death yet another time. Hans broke his leg in a car accident and was be sent home by his sergeant. If Hans didn’t live in that neighborhood at that time he would have never been punished by getting drafted; he would never have had the wonderful return celebration with his

1. Why was Rudy selected for medical examination by the Nazi medical authorities? What was ironic about his selection? They want to take him for training for special Nazi training, maybe training to enter the secret police, due to his excellent grades and athletic ability. This is ironic as Rudy did not want to go and this was all due him being good at something.

The courage in the people of Germany during WWII caused them to take chances in order to stay alive, do the right thing despite the sacrifices and resist Nazi propaganda. In Germany during WWII anyone who resisted the Nazis would receive punishment. “ Hans blew it online verge of joining the party. Everyone knew you weren’t supposed to paint over the slurs written on a Jewish shop front” (Zusak 104). Hans was a very skilled painter and one day decided to go and paint over the slurs the Nazis had written on Jewish shops. Hans did this on purpose because everyone knew you would be punished for erasing Nazi propaganda. This reveals that Hans and also other Germans resisted the Nazis despite the consequences. They chose to resist their propaganda because they did not agree with it. In the novel there was various incidents were courage

These acts alone make Hans very brave because of how he persevered in the Great War not only physically by going over the trenches in France and pushing back the opposition but also mentally considering all the dead bodies he must have seen and all his fellow soldiers falling. As well as how even though he was forced to go to the LSE, he saved people, reformed house structures and even when he was injured he still pushed through. In addition to that, the second reason is that Hans Hubermann went out of his way to accept Max Vandenburg into his home and hide him, ‘Max made his way to Munich and Molching, and now he sat in a stranger’s kitchen, asking for the help he craved and suffering the condemnation he felt he deserved. ’(Zusak 196). When Hans and his family were hiding Max, he also stayed very calm and collected when house basements were being checked for air raid shelters, “Papa sat at the

The theme of following your dreams was shown multiple times throughout the movie. It means to attempt to make your fantasies into reality and never give up on it. The process of following your dreams may be painful and include sacrifices. In the movie “Rudy”, Rudy has a dream of going to Notre Dame to play football there. One example for this was the decision Rudy made to leave his friends and family to study at Notre Dame. He left his dad and fiance to study at Notre Dame. This was a sacrifice made in order for him to follow his dreams. Another example of Rudy following his dream was him attempting to raise his marks at Holy Cross, so he can play football. He wanted to play football at Notre Dame, but he didn't have the grades

Also, Hans feels guilty for what he did to Erik’s son, Max Vandenburg. Since the Vanderburg family is a family of Jews, the believe only one person in their family would survive, because of this the only person they try to save is Max, sending him to hide (which Max feels guilty for leaving his family behind). Though he stays at his friend’s store for sometime, when it gets too dangerous for him to be there, his friend, Walter Kugler goes to Himmel Street and Hans agrees to take Max, feeling it’s the least he can do for Erik. For the period of time that Max is in the Hubermann home, he becomes close with Hans, Ilsa and Liesel, with him writing books for Liesel, making a snowman in the basement and fist fights Hitler in the basement. To get to the Dachau Camp, at least once a

"Rudy", set in 1975 is an award winning drama in which years of effort are rewarded by a brief moment of glory. The movie is based on the true story of Daniel Ruttiger, but was also known as Rudy among his family and friends. Rudy was five foot and weighed in at a hundred nothing. People around Rudy looked at him as a person without a spec of talent, but what those people failed to notice was his true talent of determination. Rudy was determined to live out his childhood dream of playing football for Norte Dame and nothing was going to stop him. Family, friends, and educational institutions put down Rudy for believing me himself. This was because in the people's opinion Rudy was too small, dumb, and poor to attend Norte Dame and

Hans Hubermann. All of them gone. And she’d never even had a real father.” (Zusak 425) Liesel is heartbroken when Hans leaves her for the war, because he is the closest thing to a father Liesel has ever had. However, she knows that he has no choice but to obey the government if he wants a chance to see them again.

1. Choose two cases we watch; note the following about the case studies: a. What is their sex? The cases I’ve chosen was is Joseph and Rudy. Joseph sex is male.

As a Jewish child Aharon Appelfeld spent years on the run, always in hiding from those who would turn him over to the Nazis. Throughout his journey Appelfeld encounters many obstacles that shape who he becomes as a person. In

The sketchbook provides him with an outlet to cope with his circumstances. Max is often found in the basement alone with nothing but his thoughts. He is able to produce this art “in the loneliest moments in the basement” (277). He wanted to write a story explaining everything he had been through leading up to where he is now. However, the thoughts all came out as something different, sketches. He found the collection of his thoughts had “felt true”(277). To Max they feel more true because they were random thoughts which he feels meaning in them. He knew that he would eventually want to share his views of the cruel world with Liesel when she is old enough. Losing everything, Max finds great significance in this sketchbook which helps him relieve emotions. Max’s use of drawing while he is in the basement helps him subsist with his unforutante turn of events. He was figuring out ways to express his feelings during this time. Illustrating and writing a story called “The Standover Man”, is how he spends most of his days. For Max the art is used as a way he can express his story to Liesel. He often finds himself still in pain from his past and scared of “standover men” in his life (225).

Hans is right to help out Jews, like Max because Max was in the position that he could be saved. Max can survive by hiding with the Hubermanns. However, giving bread to heavily guarded Jews was pointless because it

Meanwhile for Sophie, as an art lover she watched her favorite artists leave the country because they refused to create the forms of art Hitler deemed acceptable. Also, she discovered that many of her favorite books were placed under the “ banned books” list because they had been written by Jewish authors. As a result of these experiences, both Hans and Sophie realized that Hitler was not proposing to build a new world for everyone, but that his true plan was to build a utopia where blond, blue-eyed Aryans thrived and those that did not match this description were imprisoned, tortured, and killed (“Hans Scholl”).