The theme I chose for The Wednesday Wars is the growth of Holling. They call it The Wednesday Wars because every Wednesday Holling had to stay with his teacher that he thought did not like him and she made him work and over the year he grew in friendship with her. The reason I chose the growth of Holling as the theme is because throughout the year, Mrs. Baker helped him grow in stature and knowledge. I chose this because at the start of the book Holling was bad at running and then Mrs. Baker helped him and he grew in running. Lastly, I chose the growth of Holling is because Holling grew in friendship with Meryl Lee.
Atrributs of Hans Hubermann In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Hans Hubermann is presented a wonderful father to Liesel Meminger and a satisfactory husband to Rosa Hubermann. To start off, Hans is a loving and selfless father to young Liesel. In the first weeks of Liesel arriving “ He came in every night and sat with her [whispering] [s]hhhh, I’m here , It’s all right”(Markus Zusak 64) after her nightmare as he held her.
He was born in 1712 in Berlin, Germany. In 1740, h stepped up to the Prussian throne and gained control of Silesia in 1745. Frederick held control, but the Seven Years War almost destroyed his Prussian status. He increased the territories of Prussia and the military power. Later on, he died in
‘Your Inner Fish’ Scientists have questioned why human bodies are build the way they are for many years now. Fish paleontologist Neil Shubin set out to answer this question in his documentary ‘Your Inner Fish’. Shubin has looked at the bones in human hands and found many similarities with fins in the fish that he studies. This lead him to believe that fish are actually ancient ancestors of human beings.
During the six years of World War II, eight-million deaths occurred in the German military, concentration camps, and towns. The death toll could have been significantly higher if people had not fight back. In Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief, the author creates a tremendously valuable motif of rebellion. Rebelling helps support the overall theme that people who fight on behalf of others bring hope and improvement for their society. There are many rebellious actions in this novel, but Liesel disobeys the most out of all the characters, which makes sense given she is the main character.
Have you ever wondered how men at war survive? Is it luck, the will to live, or the good qualities that make up those men? In the book, The Book Thief, a man called Hans Hubermann fought in the two world wars, and survived both of them. I believe that it was Hans’ good qualities that helped him live through them.
One incident where Mother blamed someone for Muggs biting her was on page 1 paragraph 3 where mother says “I wouldn’t be associated with such a man. Muggs could read him like a book”. another incident where mother took his side was on page 2 paragraph 4 where it states that she always used the fact that he never bit someone more than once as an argument in his favor; furthermore, on page 2 paragraph 5 Muggs bit the ice man and mother 's reaction to it was to immediately blame the ice man for it. She said that if he wouldn 't have thought Muggs would bite him he wouldn 't have. on page 3 paragraph 7 is says that Muggs bit quite a few people and that it was not the fault of mugs but of the people that were bitten.
Death, our narrator, tells the story of Liesel Meminger. We begin with her at age nine, right after losing both her mother and brother. Liesel goes to live with foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann in Molching, Germany. When Liesel arrives, she is made of fun in school for not being able to read. She feels powerless, so Hans teaches her how to read at night in their basement, reading from a book Liesel stole from her brother 's funeral:
One of the few certainties in life is suffering. In Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief, the main character Liesel is sent to a foster home because her mother is not able to support her in Nazi Germany. Liesel struggle without her brother, Hans’ battle against the societyal pressure from Nazi’s, and Max’s story are great exampes that suffering is most painful when one is alone.
In the novel Wieland, or the Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown there are many scenes that are ambiguous to the reader. One scene that was especially confusing was when Carwin confesses to Clara about his role in the demise of the Wieland family. It is an important passage in the text because it forces the reader to question Wieland’s and Carwin’s responsibility in the deaths of Catherine and her children.
Memories and Grieving Impacting Ethical and Moral Decisions In J.K Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Mark Zusak’s novel The Book Thief, memories act as an important basis for the actions and choices of characters. Memories of influential people in character’s lives often act as a basis point for his or her ethical or moral beliefs. Thus, when acting or making choices, memories of loved ones and the grief associated with loss are significant in character’s choices.
Mother tended to blame others for the Airedale 's actions he did not bite the family as often as he bit strangers. In the years that they had Muggs he bit everybody but mother. Muggs was always sorry after he bit someone. One incident was when Muggs bit Roy with a vicious bite on the leg. Muggs was all done, he does not bite anyone more than once.
Freedom, Liberty, and equality , would these traits really work? These were the thoughts that ran through many great philosophers of the 17th and 18th century philosophers. These great minds were after one thing and it was to give rights to the people and they would realize their oppression of their rights through reason and questioning thing around them. Philosophers during the enlightenment era tried to expose the government and return rights to citizens through reason. They questioned how the poor were viewed and why it was them being controlled and oppressed.
Charles Brockden Brown’s novel, Wieland, explores the aspects of both a Gothic and sentimental novel. The novel investigates on subjects such as gender norms, religious views, and femininity. Clara, being both the narrator and protagonist, is driven by gender expectations of the eighteenth-century. She resembles the heroine of a gothic novel, but has independence due to her living on her own. Clara breaks through the eighteenth-century thinking that women were passive and ruled by their bodies and their emotions.
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Hans Hubermann stood strong through moments of adversity. He stuck to his beliefs and personal opinions under the unrelenting reign of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. In The Book Thief Hans Hubermann displayed his morals, a comforting essence, and trustworthiness under horribly negative conditions. First off, Hans Hubermann kept to his own moral beliefs despite the ever-changing society that surrounded him.
