Journey to the Centre of the Earth

“I have hated the words and I have loved them and I hope I have made them right” Quoted from page 528. This paper will sum up the main events, what occurs after, and some tragedies in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Talking about what really was happening while the Hubermann’s door were closed and the lights were off. The truth about what was really happening behind those stacks of paint cans and bed sheets in the basement. Too bad it all ended the way it did, but to be fair they do say you have to go through the rain to get to the rainbow.

Over the course of reading The Book Thief, readers will come to know about Markus Zusak’s constant use of descriptive words, figurative language, and character plots throughout the story. In one particular part of the novel, Zusak shows an example of all three of these points to support one of the many central themes he gives us. While Liesel is standing in front of the burnt offerings near the town hall and the square after a Hitler rally, she sees a book underneath all of the hot ash. This moment allows Zusak to go into explicit detail to make a point about the significance of the moment to the reader. In The Book Thief, Zusak uses vocabulary that evokes recklessness and stealthiness, personification about books, and Liesel’s internal

1. One theme presented in Copper Sun is hope. This is a very important theme because it’s really the main theme, many times throughout the story you hear characters talk about hope, whether they have all the hope in the world or lost all hope, it is a very present theme in the story. For Besa, Amari’s old lover, any shred of hope is lost. After Besa tried to escape from other plantations, the beatings he has endured, and the punishment for the failed escapes, Besa had lost all hope for freedom and just wanted to die. Even though he had encountered his lover Amari again, whom was in the process of escaping to freedom at Fort Mose, he had no desire to try to escape again. He had already lost all hope of escaping and didn’t believe that chance at freedom was worth what he might endure if he’s caught. His loss of hope has caused him to want to die. Another example of how hope is a theme is shown through Amari, and how hope allowed her to never give up and persevere against all odds. Amari argues with Polly about whether they were going to

The theme is reflected through the people in the book, and events that take place in the

They are now on the river Styx, and they enter an artist's rendition of Canto 8. They are pulled off the boat by the dead bodies (cf., the wrathful) trying to attack them in the water. The boat flips over, and they somehow manage to get to shore.

Hope and courage are two feelings that are only powerful when used together. To be courageous and not hopeful is a suicide mission; on the other hand, having hope and no courage will never give one the urge to oppose the problem. In Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief, the whole story is the epitome of courage and hope. During the second world war, the young Liesel Meminger is adopted by the Hubermann family, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, who teach her the power of words, as well as the importance of kindness. Moreover, one of the themes of this novel is the creation of hope from courage, and it is shown through the author’s use of symbolism, allegory, as well as irony.

The reader is able to see the emotional chaos the characters are subject to after trauma. It changes their behaviors and can make them take risks they wouldn’t normally take. Zucker opens readers to understand the sorrow of Jews and sympathizers that fled from their homes and families while under persecution during World War II, as well as World War I veterans. In the words of Death, the narrator “It’s the leftover humans. The survivors [...] I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs” (Zusak 5). It is true that this type of guilt is often paralysing to certain individuals; however, it can also create empathy and strength when survivors overcome these defining hardships in life. This is shown through Liesel’s friendships with Max and Hans, and the emotional maturity they each possess. These relationships help bring acceptance and joy back into survivors’ lives, and allow them to release the guilt of leaving one

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

Orson Scott Card has shown theme by having Ender make the best of what he had of when he was put in a terrible situation. The author wants us to learn to make the best of what we have when we are put in a situation like Ender. Ender always looked on the bright side and got through his problems and that is exactly what we should do and what the author wants us to take away from the book. This shows that life will sometimes be tough, but we need to pull through and deal with it, like

The theme of Life As We Knew it is survive, thrive, and love your family. The theme helped me understand this book because after finding out the theme I could understand who:is the main character, what:Is the main idea, where:is The setting and why things were happening and connect it to the theme. Not only that but,throughout the book I was constantly thinking about the theme.

The theme of hero's journey can be seen in each of the novels I read in various different ways. Each book had their own kind of theme that portrays the theme of hero in a way that connects to the message of each novel. Through their journeys, they learn from obstacles that they have faced them which then leads to show the theme of hero.

The definition of a journey is: “A traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time.” (dictionary.com). However, most modern novels have characters that go through emotional or mental journeys that serve as the main plot for their story, thus contradicting the meaning of the word “journey”. In older works of literature such as The Odyssey by Homer and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, it is more common for the protagonists to step into physical journeys that are often made to signify an important lesson or meaning by the end of the novel. Factors such as symbols, themes, and character change plays a role in helping the characters along on their adventures and adds to the connotation of the whole story.

The second most important theme is persistence. Persistence is when you continually try at something even though there may be obstacles in your path. To truly achieve persistence, you must never give up until you have attained your goal. In the book, J.D.

In two pieces of literature, The Odyssey written by Homer and Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, the protagonists, Odysseus and Guy Montag follow a narrative structure known as the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey was first discussed by Joseph Campbell, and he explains how the hero has to journey through the three main phases: the departure, the quest, and the return. In these phases, the hero first has to depart from their home, family, and known world because they are called to an adventure or quest. Then, while questing away from home, they meet a mentor figure who guides them and helps them through obstacles. They also make enemies and alliances, and they find that through all of these events they transform their flaws into strengths. Finally, by the end of the journey, known as the return, the hero has strengthened their mind and spirituality, giving the full potential to live a harmonious life. Again, in both of these texts, the protagonists, Odysseus and Guy Montag, follow the Hero’s Journey, in order to alter and diminish their negative traits into

The book is not linear, the story jumps around and reveals the end earlier in the piece. He writes to engage, to make you want to know what happens in “The Book Thief’s” life. The narrator gives a hint of what is coming, then goes back and replays the situation. This style of narration engages the reader and urges a connection with the protagonist, Liesel. The narrator offers the reader a choice to join him on a