Summer Reading Assignment:Post 4

   The reason I chose this book is because I have heard many good things from my friends and family about this book. I also wanted to see the movie, and I personally like to compare a book to its movie and see how similar or different they are. I also love learning about the Nazi era, and that is exactly when this book takes place, in the heart of Nazi Germany. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a book with a little bit of comedy, mystery, action, and adventure. If not, then you would hate this book and I don't suggest that you read it. Also if you are like me and love the Nazi Germany era then this would be a good book considering the Nazis are on virtually every page, whether someone is talking about joining them, escaping them, killing them, them killing people, or just talking about a Nazi son trying to get his father to enlist with him. One thing I was afraid about when I started this book is that it would be the next Hunger Games or Divergent. At some points I can see the relationship between the stories, but overall I don't think the book was too similar to the cliche female hero in a distopian society.

Summer Reading Assignment: Post 3

     One section that I believe will "hook" a reader in The book thief is in the opening pages of the book. The reason I believe that this will hook readers is because you have to pay close attention to the book to find out who the true narrator is. I don't want to give anything away, but I will tell you that the narrator of this book is not from this world, and no one can see him until they die. It took me until the third or fourth chapter of the  book to fully understand the real narrator of the book. I, myself thought that the narrator was just some random person or some godlike figure, at one point I even considered the narrator to be Liesel Meminger herself to be telling the story in third person. One other part of this book that I felt could hook its readers was the chapter titled "A jewish fist fighter" the reason I thought could also hook a reader is because it shows the better side of Leisel's foster mother, and it shows the struggle of the jews back in that time period, not only that, but it demonstrates what people would do to keep people safe from the wrath of Hitler and his Nazi force no matter what their religion was.

Summer reading assignment post 2

​        The book I am reading, the book thief, is written in first person point of view and is narrated by none other than death himself. On page twenty three, it says "The cemetery welcomed me like a friend, and soon, I was with them." At this point in the book someone important to the main character, leisel, died and she is at his burial site. In the beginning of the book, one thing that leisel doesn't want is to stay with foster parents, on page twenty eight, it says "A gang of tears trudged from her eyes as she held on and refused to go inside." One thing that leisel DOES want is, like any other person that has lost a relative, is to bring back her brother from the dead. Another thing that leisel meminger wanted was books, obviously, it says it on the cover. A possible theme for the book, is the cruelty of the nazi era. This book demonstrates the tragedy and the suffering of living in the same time period as the nazis just by showing the death of a loved one and describing the horrid living conditions of almost every corner of Europe. 

Summer Reading assignment: Post 1

In the book The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the main character is Liesel Meminger, also known as the book thief. This book takes place in Germany, more specifically, Nazi Germany during World War 2. The conflict so far in the book is that Liesel and her family are trying to live in a time where people were hunted down and killed and/or sent to camps. The book starts with Liesel, her brother, and her mother on a train heading to a concentration camp. They were told the camp would be a good, safe place for them to live, but the trio couldn’t even make it all the way to the camp without suffering a casualty. Leisel’s brother, Werner, died on the train ride to the death camp.

I predict that once Liesel and her mother get to the concentration camp, Liesel’s mother will die soon, and Liesel will find herself alone. On the bright side I do think that she will find a friend about her same age that has had similar, if not the same thing happen to him or her. Just by looking at the title, I also predict that Liesel will get in trouble a lot at these concentration camps because of her stealing, or trying to steal books for either enjoyment, or so she can learn about how she might be able to escape alive.

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Operation Damocles

     So far I haven't gotten very far in Operation Damocles. As of now the book is pretty slow, but it isn't Doctor Sleep slow, its interesting. Doctor Sleep was interesting, but for a book of its genre it was too slow for too long. Also I am more interested in Hitler-related things, and that era in the world more than supernatural events that aren't true. One thing that really adds to the interest factor is that this is a true story. Also, the cover really stands out, people say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but I think the cover is really interesting, at the top it looks like there is a map that is burning, and in the middle of that is the infamous Swastika.

     I have only gotten to chapter two so far, so nothing really dramatic has happened yet, just some people talking and a lot of narration. I predict that in the book, probably somewhere later, Egypt is going to shoot off two rockets. I know this, because on the inside cover of the book there is a map that shows Egypt aiming one rocket at Jordan (The country, not a person), and one aimed at the Mediterranean Sea. I honestly have no idea why the Egyptians would want to shoot a missile straight into the Mediterranean Sea, but I assume there is some kind of island or naval base that is "strategically" placed in the middle of nowhere.

Operation Damocles

     I have stopped reading Stephen King's Doctor Sleep, I thought it was too long and i wouldn't have finished it until enior year of college. I have now moved onto a book titled Operation Damocles by Roger Howard. Just by looking at the cover I can infer that this book has to do with Egypt, Hitler, Isreal, and the Nazis.

I don't think you can read it, but right above the author's name it says "Iareal's secret war against Hitler's scientists, 1951-1967"

 

     I have only gotten to page four, but I have found two characters that I think are going to play a major role in this book, one of them is Dr. Kleinwachter, and the other is Tel Aviv. On the inside flap of the book, it talks about how one of Hitler's former scientists were recruited by Egypt and to create a missle that is to be launched at Isreal. Just by seeing this, I think that there is going to be a lot of action, and war, and killing. Just knowing that Hitler is involved somehow, I can already tell that there is going to be a lot of action.