We have been working our way through this book for months now. Blood, sweat, tears, and the strength of my will. Now the students have the chance to weigh in on on all of our work. Should The Book Thief be taught in high school classrooms?
Thursday, May 15, 2014
The Book Thief !
The book thief is a book written by Marcus Zusak that relates mostly with WWII and history. It is a great book that I recommend for the following reasons.
First of all, because it has a great set of characters for example, Leisel she had to adapt to a different family and life. Max a guy who was hiding in her basement, that soon makes them great friends. They are all interesting and you can see how some of them change throughout the story like Liesel and Rudy, a friend that she always just saw like another friend , nothing more than that. But at the end she starts to feeling something more than that. All of them faced something hard at one point. They all seem real even though we live in a different world than theirs.
Another reason why , is because of its of its setting. The setting is like a sad place , where nothing really happens , but Leisel's papa playing his old accordion. And mama yelling at her for pretty much everything . " you saukerl! " But one day ... Boom! Something happened that makes a turn and changes everything .
Lastly, what I thought about the Book Thief ? For me this book was interesting. Theirs many things you don't expect to happen. Like Leisel's family hiding a Jew and taking care of him. Instead of turning him in or like a young girl stealing books when she hasn't even learned how to read. At the beginning for me it was kind of boring and long. But as I read it, it got better and better.
This is why I recommend it. I think the Book Thief is really based on theses two things, characters and setting. But read it yourself and see what you think about it .