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| 1940 Book Burning |
The book thief, Liesels' and Hans' conversation, the church, and burned books. "On the night when Liesel Meminger got her second book at the "Heil" Hitler 1940 celebratory fire in town square (this was a "celebration" to Hitler and a big fire to burn everything considered anti Germany)."Liesel is part of the Hitler Youth, and they are marching at this celebration.
During the ceremony Liesel reaches into the fire and steals a book, at this point she's still not a very good reader but her want to read is pushing her to excel in something she thinks is so hard. Hanns' asks her what is in her shirt and she was sure someone had seen her take it. She is ashamed to admit what she had done but couldn't wait to start reading.
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| Liesel &&Hans sit at the church |
After the burning her and Hans' gather on the church stairs, Liesel has been writing her mother notes and faithfully checking the mailbox everyday for a reply, (she has even stolen money from Rosa, to buy stamps). Everyday there is no response from "mama", so Liesel and Hans start talking Liesel says to Hans "Is my momma a communist"?(Zusak,115). Hans' tells her he doesn't know he never met her mother. Liesel asks "did the Fuhrer take momma away"?(Zusak,115).
Hans could not lie to her again so he told her they "might" have but he doesn't know for sure. Liesel filled the with anger shouts "I HATE THE FUHRER" (Zusak,115). Hans' responds by slapping her in the face, and telling her you don't say that ever again and especially not to anyone else. At this thime in history ANY one man, woman, or child that disrespected the Fuhrer was sent away and considered scum just like the Jews, politician's, and Gypsies.
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| "Heil" Hitler |
I think that by Hans' slapping her in the face was a good move because if she had repeated that to the wrong person her whole family could be sent away. Hans kind of reminds me of my grandfather the way he sacrifices his own things for Liesel like selling his cigarettes for a book. Liesel had something to open for Christmas and even though Hans sold his cigarettes it seemed worth it to him to watch his daughter open a present on Christmas day. Han's is a good respectful man he is caring, stern, but most of all kind of like a best friend to Liesel.
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ReplyDeleteNice start on Blog #5, Melinda. You have a lot of important information and ideas here. I would suggest slowing down a little before hitting post and maybe reading your post out loud to check for any spelling erros.
Make sure you include an MLA Works Cited & in-text references when you quote or paraphrase!
Comments for Revision:
proper capitalization and fragment: "The book thief, Liesels' and Hans' conversation, the church, and burned books."
fragment: "On the night when Liesel Meminger got her second book at the "Heil" Hitler 1940 celebratory fire in town square (this was a "celebration" to Hitler and a big fire to burn everything considered anti Germany)."
run-on: "After the burning her and Hans' gather on the church stairs, Liesel has been writing her mother notes and faithfully checking the mailbox everyday for a reply (she has even stolen money from Rosa, to buy stamps)."
be sure to spell check!
word usage: "her want to read" should be "her desire to read"
be sure to use a consistent verb tense all throughout your post! I see several instances where you are switching back and forth between past and present tense verbs.
confusing sentence: "Liesel filled the with anger"