Thursday, February 26, 2009
My understanding of the book
This novel takes place during 1939. It is staged in Germany during the time of Hitlers reign. It’s about Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old girl who arrives in the town of Molching to meet her new foster parents. Her foster parents are poor but are good-hearted and kind people. Her real mom is to sick to take care of her, and her real father is a political prisoner. She also had a six-year old brother but he dies on the train to Molching. Right now the story is about the family's struggle to stay afloat. Liesel has taking an interest in books and learns to read quickly. Not being able to afford them. A lot of books were being destroyed (burned) by Nazi's, and she starts stealing them in her lust for knowledge. The main scenes in the book now are Liesel's daily interactions with her friends and neighboring townsfolk in Molching. The story is being told by anther person entirely from anyone we know now. That person gives there own insight at times
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What I have found interesting throughout these historical fiction novels is the importance of knowledge. My book explains the hidden brightness of a young girl in a society where women are discriminated against. This is also found in your book where a girl in the holocaust, turns to books to have a better grasp and understanding of the world and situation that surrounds her. Balzac is a great example of this too. Maybe this concludes that the key to success in difficult times is to have more knowledge. And maybe our generation should read more and take more classes to try to reduce the amount of negative chaos in the world.
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