Liesel Meminger, otherwise known as the book thief, is a foster child who lives during World War ll. Everything started at her brother's burial where she finds a The Gravedigger's Handbook. From there she continues to steal books. In The Book Thief , written by Markus Zusak, story of a tells the story of a jew, a little german girl, and Death. Max Vandenburg has always loved to fight and he always will.
Unfortunately, many people were not lucky during the time of the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, many people were killed. Many people were killed not by what they did but by who they were, how much money they had, how old they were, and what gender they were(Hitler's rise to power). The Holocaust was a time of sorrow for the Jews whose family members were
In the eleven documents we’ve viewed, its easy to see that the Germans have taken away basic human rights of the Jewish people. They've abused and practically tortured these poor Jewish people. Not to mention, the Jewish people have done nothing wrong to the Germans or Hitler, they just blamed them for the hyperinflation. Lastly, These Jewish people have a right to live their lives to the fullest and to the best of their ability and the Germans ripped that away from them. And once again, they did nothing wrong.
The author, Gary Paulsen, writes about a thirteen year old boy, named Brian Robeson, who lived in a city all his life...until now. Now, he basically tries to survive in the wilderness. This obviously wasn’t his choice though. His parents are separated, and it was time for him to catch a flight to canada, where his father lived. Before the flight, the mother gave him a hatchet as a present, and hooked it on his belt.
There are possible solutions for it, like protesting for what is right and being able to state opinions. In Elie Wiesel’s story, Night, Moishe the Beadle is discriminated for being a Jew. He gets beat up, wounded, and left for dead. This proves that Jews were treated like they were useless and the Germans did not show compassion towards them because they believed Jews were pointless.
Those people argue that since the end of the Nazi regime humanity has improved its self and as a whole is better than ever. In Elie Wiesel’s The Perils of Indifference, he states, “I am grateful to you… Mrs. Clinton, for what you said, and for what you are doing for children in the world, for the homeless, for the victims of injustice, the victims of destiny and society” (10-12). This reveals that there are people who are helping those in need in today’s time, that there are good people in this world. Those people might not be having the affect you’d think.
Discriminating those who look or believe differently is extremely wrong. The books “Night” by Elie Wiesel, and “Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki go into detail about what is was like to living in camps. Jeanne Wakatsuki and Elie Wiesel both suffered in these camps, but Elie Wiesel lost more of his faith left in humanity. Elie Wiesel’s experiences took a major toll on his views of humanity. “As for me, I was thinking not about death, but not wanting to be separated from my father (Wiesel, 82).”
This emphasizes that jews don’t have their rights anymore and have to admire the horrible things they will do to many in that
People chose to normalize or forget it happened, continuing life as normal without a second thought, rather than try to stop or speak out against the Nazis. Martin Niemoller describes what it’s like struggling to speak out against the Nazis in “First They Came for the Communists.” He wanted to live, so he “did not speak out,” which led to his eventual capture as there was “no one left to speak out” (Niemöller 184). While it’s evident that many were afraid of their own capture, their lack of confidence to speak against the Nazis led to many people’s death. Had more people spoken out, many lives would have been saved.
They are generally motivated by hatred of Jews and build on the claim that the Holocaust was invented or exaggerated by Jews as part of a plot to advance Jewish interests.” (Holocaust Denial and Distortion). There are truly people who think this way and believe the Jews were just using this “fake” story to help themselves. People need to see and understand what the jews went through, because we can’t just let that slide as if it were nothing, something like this needs to be seen, no matter how gruesome. It needs to be seen and spread, until there is absolutely no denying what happened.
As shown in history, indifference can be a cause of horrific crimes against minorities. The Jewish people were aware of the Nazi occupation of eastern Europe but since they didn’t directly come at or harm them at first nobody thought it was a big deal. In the late 30’s and early 40’s the Nazi party commanded by WW1 veteran
“It’s just a small story really, about, among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery…” (Zusak, pg. 5) The novel, The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak in 2005 explores the theme of family relationships. It is through nine-year-old Liesel Meminger, the protagonist, that the idea of a broken family during the era of Nazi Germany is explored. The Book Thief depicts the struggle of young German girl, Liesel Meminger, living in Germany during the time of Hitler’s reign.
Why do people feel like they can treat others so horrible? The Holocaust was a time when Hitler and the Nazi Party killed 6 million Jews. This was a great time of depression and betrayal of the people of their country. I believe the Nazis followed Hitler’s rules and laws because they wanted to be on top; have all the power in the country and separate the wealthy from the poor.
Madness within ‘A Cask of Amontillado’ The belief that madness is linked with creative thinking has been held since ancient times. In fact, Plato once stated “creativity is a divine madness…a gift from the gods” (Maureen). Understanding this connection allows us to perceive how many writers, such as Anne Sexton and Edgar Alan Poe, use their literature to lead them “by the hand out of madness” (Maureen). Poe’s life, for example, was riddled with loss and suffering: being raised in multiple orphanages and the losing so many loved ones is often said to be the reason for his questionable mental state.
Fairytale Comparative Analysis: Little Red Riding Hood The classic story of Little Red Riding Hood that everyone knows is not the only storyline. In “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault, he tells the classic fairytale of the little girl going to her grandma’s house and gets stopped by a wolf. In “The Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter is a twisted, dark fairytale about a pack of wolves who capture a little girl in the woods. According to Kimberley J. Lau, Carter actually translated Perrault’s fairytales, which today are the base line for most Disney movies.
