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The Book Thief     The Book Thief, a thrilling yet sad novel and movie. Both hit the subject of World War II, but somewhat in different ways. One might ask how, being as the movie was based on the book. Well that’s very simple; the director of the movie left out several key factors. In the basic story line, there is a young girl who gets put into a foster home. Throughout the story she makes friends, family, and even begins to befriend a jew. Although there is a war going on throughout Germany, the

are used to make books all over the United States” (Pollak). Americans have been exposed to books every day since we were able to read. However, some people prefer paper books because they make them feel excited to read, while others may not like the paper versions. Other people might be turned on to the modern way of reading on an E-book. Paper and E-books depend on natural resources, size, prices, and abilities. So, as a reader, what would you buy: the modern or paper books? People never understood

Everyone who has ever read a book has read a book by a banned author. Book banning has been around for hundreds of years. People should be allowed to read whatever they choose. “The ability to read, speak, think, and express ourselves freely is a right, not a privilege” (Celebrate). Standing up for what people believe in is something they’re taught to do at a bright, young age; making sure people are capable of reading the literature they want is one of the biggest controversies. No one should have

we are never alone in the company of books, which demand nothing for the enormous service they do to the mankind. The kingdom of books is as vast as universe. There are books on literature, fiction, science, history, art, culture, technology, philosophy and many others. There is no sphere of life which

For this reading assignment we were reading chapters 1, 2, and 3, I find it helpful to me to read, take notes on and write out summaries as if this was two books. I will start off each time with Wes the author. As the book open we have Wes remembering a day that he and his older sister Nikki, were playing a game. Wes caught her and not knowing what to do, punched her in the face. Joy, Wes’ mother was very upset because Wes had hit a “girl”, and set him to his room. Wes’ father calmed Joy down by

Movies and books can have very noticable differences. When movies take place based on books, they tend to leave out important details that a reader would know after finishing the book. Sometimes, directors have to change the main characters to fit the time limit or plot of the movie. In The Book Thief movie directed by Brian Percival, and The Book Thief book written by Markus Zusak, many differences impact the way the watcher of the movie interprets the actions of the characters based on the book. Items

my friend pushed him and kicked his book I was going to do something to the boy to but I couldn't so I pushed my friend and I helped the boy up handed him his book and told him “‘Fahrenheit 451, good pick I liked this book a lot.”’ Then i walked away and went home A claim that can be drawn from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is don't let the chains of rules hold you back. I know this because Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury states, “The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches

A guard wearing a mask was following a figure, and finally stopped in front of a tattoo shop. The figure knocked on the door with a certain rhythm, after some seconds seconds, the door was opened, a good looking middle aged man opened the door, he saw the figure and immediately smiled, "Oh, so it is Miss Cassie, you are here to pick the parcel? Come please!” Cassie smiled and nodded, she went inside with the guard still following her. This is an ordinary tattoo shop, which is filled with a variety

first thing most young readers will notice about the novel, The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak is its thickness. This book is made up of 550 compelling yet devastatingly sad pages. This book may be hard to read for some people as it is a story about a young girl and her family during the time of Nazi Germany. Although this is a sensitive topic for many, Markus found a way to creatively allow it to be tolerable for everyone. The book is so intense that it is actually narrated by Death. I personally

E-books are digital versions of traditional books which are available online and are readable on other electronic devices or computers. While, traditional books are paper books available at libraries or book stores. E-books came into existence in 1930. The godfather of e- book was Bob Brown, who named it as “Readies”. According to Desiree Dreeuws, “in the 1960s, computer scientists developed what were called hypertext editing and file retrieval systems, which involved document hyperlinking