Regeneration Sassoon

Markus Zusak’s historical fiction novel, The Book Thief, tells the story of the Hubermanns living in Germany during World War II. The novel focuses on a young, adopted girl, Liesel, as she grows up and must survive in difficult times. Liesel keeps her morale high during the hard times she faces through her love and friendships with Max, a Jew that the Hubermanns secretly hide in their basement, and Hans, her stepdad.

There are quite a few characters. There’s Dr. Josef Mengele, the man in white the people call him, and he is the boss of the operation to kill the ninety-four men around the world. He also goes by Mr. Gregory, Fischer, Breitenbach, Aspiazu, and

Secondary Characters: The soldier's daughter Kathleen, his teammate Kiowa and the guy that he killed while in battle.

Pat Barker uses language effectively in the novel “Regeneration” to present gender roles and other themes within the novel. Her presentation of women, emasculation and men taking on more feminine roles are important for the theme of gender roles within the novel. She also uses language effectively to present themes of duty and father figures.

Flanagan. It is about a boy named Will who goes on a journey, with companions. His companions get captured, and he is their only hope. His issues are self-doubt, and thinking that he will never be as good as his mentor. “‘But what if I make a mistake?’ Will asked” (158) Will is talking to a friend about when he graduates and won’t have a mentor anymore. The quote shows Will’s self-doubt, that he’s not sure he can do it. This is just one part of Will, that makes him such a great main characters, really engaging to read about.

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

As soon as the front cover is opened, the book makes itself clear: it is ‘a work of fiction by Tim O’Brien’. However, things start to get strange once the book actually begins. O’Brien writes the book as a memoir, inserting himself as a soldier in the war. When one reads a book and sees the author as one of the main characters, they are quick to assume that the story is based on true life. In fact, O’Brien

The novel centers on a young German soldier, Paul Baumer and his experiences throughout a period of World War I.

The two characters are going to be to be talking about is Mdisho and Major Griffiths. I chose these two characters because they both have special personalities and they're both very different people. Mdisho is more of a normal chill guy and the Major is more of a crazy odd person. When I say they were really different they were two completely different people. As you can see these two people are extremely odd as your going to tell in my next paragraphs.

This book is nonfiction and it has many real characters. Benjamin the main character which spent 1942 to 1945 hidden in a farm during the German occupation of Hollowland. There were also Papa and Mama who after the war were considered heros. Benjamin emigrated to Canada

The book is about a young girl named Liesel Meminger living with adoptive parents in World War II Germany. The book thief, Liesel, shows resistance to the cruel Nazis in many ways, one of which is stealing books from the Nazi book burnings. In a description of such an act, “Smoke lifted from the cover as she juggled it and hurried away (Zusak 121).” Another way that Liesel defies Hitler’s cruelty is by quietly voicing her beliefs against him when she says, “I hate Hitler (Zusak 115).” Liesel and her adoptive parents, for much of the book, also take in and care for a jewish man, Max, when he is on the run from Nazi soldiers. Liesel Meminger and the various characters of the book thief show a quiet but vibrant resistance to the hate and intolerance of the Nazi

The time period this novel takes place in is towards the end of World War Ⅱ around 1944 and the months after the war is over. It begins around the time the Allied troops have liberated France are pushing eastward towards the Fatherland. Hitler and the Nazi’s are on their heels and are planning on launching a desperate last attack that will be known as the Battle of the Bulge. The Allied troops have come to a halt to regroup and Hitler is using this as the prime time to launch a secret attack of more than two-hundred and fifty thousand soldiers on the Allies. Germany eventually ends up losing the battle and eventually the war. From there, the book talks about General Patton’s post war actions and his sudden death and the conspiracies behind it.

The book has many brave characters, one of which is Paul Gruninger. Who is a swiss police commander that gambles his job, and life in order to save thousands of Jews from getting killed. He served in the military, and was a professional football player. He worked as a border patrol officer, and when the Hitler regime broke out he was to not allow any Jews to cross.

The twentieth-century tendency to view human love and sexuality within a dichotomized universe of deviance and normality, genitality and platonic love, is alien to the emotions and attitudes of the nineteenth century and fundamentally distorts the nature of

The third character is the old man. What we know of him is that he is deaf and passes every night getting drunk at the café. It is believed by the waiters that he has plenty of money. After all, he can afford to sit and get drunk every night. Even when he is drunk, he is incredibly neat. “This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk.” He is filled with despair, which may be the reason that he tried to hang himself the week before. He is taken care of by his niece, since she was the one who saved him when he tried to kill himself. He may have been married at one time. He has no real desire to go home, since he waits until the waiters cut him off before he leaves.