the book thief
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The Book Thief. By Markus Zusak. Interpreted by Amanda Thomas. Does this worry you? I urge you– Don’t be . I’m nothing if not fair. Afraid. I do not carry a sickle or a scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it’s cold. And I don’t have those skull-like - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By Markus Zusak
Interpreted by Amanda Thomas
Does this worry you? I urge you– Don’t be . I’m nothing if not fair.
Afraid
I do not carry a sickle or a scythe.I only wear a hooded black robe when it’s cold.
And I don’t have those skull-likefacial features you seem to enjoy
pinning on me from a distance. YouWant to know what I truly look like?
I’ll help you out. Find yourselfA mirror while I continue.
+ a large bonfire + a collection of deadletters + the suffering of her mother + the death of her
brother = The Fuhrer
CommunistThe word
*** Some Crunched Numbers ***In 1933, 90 percent of Germans showed unflinching support for .
That leaves 10 percent who didn’t.Hans Hubermann belonged to the 10 percent.
There was a reason for that.
Adolf Hitler
Black WhiteRed
*** The Colors ***
A train was movingIt was packed with humans.
A six-year old boy in the third carriage.
quickly.
died
The last time she saw her mother.
The last time she saw her
Brother.
*** Some Facts About Rudy Steiner ***
He was eight months older than Liesal and had bony legs, sharp teeth, gangly
One of six Steiner children, he was
permanently .
bluelemon
hungry
eyes, and hair the color of
The only thing worse than a boy who hates you…..
A boy who you. loves
To your left,perhaps to your right,
perhaps even straight ahead,you find a small black room.
In it sits a Jew.He is .
Please – try not to look away.
afraid
scumHe is starving. He is
No one wanted to bomb Himmel Street. No one would bomb a place named after Heaven, would they?
Would they?
She turns on her heel and looks as far as she can down this ruined canal that was once Himmel Street. She sees two men carrying a body and she
follows them.
The bodies of Mama and Papa, both lying tangled in the gravel bedsheet of Himmel Street.
She would not, and could not, look at Papa. Papa.
Not now.
Not yet.
*** A Last Fact ***
I should tell you that the book thief died
only yesterday.
Music borrowed fromEnya- A Day Without Rain
Enya- Watermark
Quotes Borrowed fromThe Book Thief – Markus Zusak