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.