SUMMER 0F 1942 IN NAZI GERMANY.

"The Floating Book"

    The floating book is a section in the book, where Rudy shows his friendship to Liesel by jumping into a river to go after a book for her. Rudy shows loyalty by risking his own life to jump into the water for a book. "The Whistler" this was a book that Liesel was about to finish. He obviously is a good friend by knowing that Liesel loves books and was still reading that one. Or it was because it was Rudy's fault that the older boy Victor through the book in the water? I think it was a little of both Rudy must care about Liesel a lot or is it because after wards he says, "how about a kiss Saumensch?" (Zusak,303). Rudy and Liesel will be friends for awhile, at least from what we know now they seem like they'll be friends for a life time.

      Liesel and Rudy have grown up a lot since the beginning of the book. At first they were just young kids playing, then they started plotting and stealing together. Now they are always together when ever they can be, Liesel's starting to like Rudy as more than a friend. She thinks about him a lot and dreams of kissing him. She won't admit but sometimes lets it show. Rudy loves Liesel and has for a very long time as the book says, "He must have loved her so incredibly hard." (Zusak,303). I think they grew we all do change, grow, and experience new things. They are both growing and so is their friendship they are expeincing all kinds of changes, and so is their relationship. It will contiune to change with them all long as they stay friends.

     Can relate because me and a girl named Angel Collins, we've known either since fourth grade. we've been through so much over the years we have even became completely different people. Time can change people, relationships, and even our personalities. If your friendship is true and you can tolerate each-other I think your making life long bonds. That is the best kinds of bond cause not only is someone always there, but there never leaving.

Max's Life Story.........

     Max Vanderburg is the young Jewish man, staying with the Hubermanns'. Upon his arrival Max and Liesel become very good friends, sharing stories, past experineces, and present problems. Max and Liesel have alot in common, I think thats why they get along so good. Max has been staying with the Hubermanns' for a few months hidden away in the basement, hidden from the world, and most of all hidden from his self.
    Max begins to write his own life story, just as he did in the "Standover Man" he is tearing the pages from Mein Kampf, and painting over them. Then Max lets them sit for awhile till they dry. Then he begins to write his life story, his story is not a funny one, it is not very complicated, and its diffinatly not "sad". His stroy is about being a survivor. As he is writting about his life the book takes a turn, instead of writting his stroy he begins to draw, he draws his feeling the way he feels now and the book just feels right. Max is working on the book to give to Liesel one day after he can come out of hidding, when she can understand.
    One night while Max is working on the book he falls asleep but always keeps the book by his side. Liesel comes down the stairs to find Max hunched over on the floor sleeping with the book by his side. "and curiosity got the better of her" (Zusak,278). She picks the book up careful to to distrube the sleeping "Jew", she begins looking through the pages, Liesel was scared because of what she saw in Maxs' book. In Maxs' book he had been drawing very graphic pictures about the Furer, she didin't exactly comprehend what the pictures were. Either way she had been very frightnened and decided not to read the book at all any more.
      For this assignment I'm supposed to write about my own life experience that relates to Leisel's story but my life comes no where close. I can tell you about a time when i was younger and my best friends dad came and hid from the police in our basement. He stayed down there all night and day, never come up for food or day light. He would always mumble weird things like, "it's the night shift their after me". This scared me so I was scared to go down to the basement, but I was always sent to check on him. One one occasion I went down to the basement and I was looking all over for him, he was nowhere to be found. Finally he comes crawling out of our crawl space in the back of the basement. The look in his eyes scared meso bad I spilled water everywhere and ran up the stairs we made him leave after that. I guess the moral of my story I know how the Hubermans' felt hidding someone to help them but putting your own life in danger. Is it worth it? In my case no in there's, well that depends on the person.