The Thief Lord

The first and most obvious symbol in the story is the lion, or more specifically, the secret lion. It is not a literal lion. The lion of the story represents things that are big and the secret of it is that it is unexplained, or even ignored. It suggests change, and it is a change that is big and confusing. The secret lion is a symbol of coming of age and understanding that with change there is loss, and to hold onto something, it must be secret. The narrator

The Book Thief has had a place on my “To Read” list for quite some time now. For that reason I decided to read another. I knew that if i hadn't read it by now, it wouldn't get the dedication it should. I turned my focus toward a book that spoke of adventure and discovery, that promised to teach me of the world as well as myself. I continued to read The Alchemist because it did just that with its beautiful writing style and enchanting tale.

In the beginning of the novel, Ishmael beah’s village Mattru Jong was attacked and was split up from his parents then got to the village ,kamator was attacked and had run into the forest and hid from the rebels . Ishmael had lost where his friends and brother went Ishmael had to learn to live on his own , finding food for himself and shelter and trying to find his family. “I looked around the forest for one of the medicinal leaves that Grandfather had said remove poison from the body. I might need it if the fruit I had eaten was poisonous.” (beah,51).

dog dog The overall theme of The Book Thief is the power that words possess. In the story,

“The Thief Lord” written by Cornelia Funke tells the tale of two brothers, Prosper, who is around 12, and Bo, who is six. The two brothers live with their wicked aunt Esther and uncle Max, who gained custody of the brothers after their mother, passes away. Esther and Max agree to only adopt Bo, and send Prosper to boarding school. Prosper, un-wanting to be separated from his brother, runs away with Bo to the famous city of Venice, Italy of which their mother used to tell them about. This causes Esther and Max to hire detective Victor Getz.

The Book Thief is about a young German girl named Liesel Meminger as she goes through life while living in Germany in 1939. Liesel and her foster parents live a normal life on 33 Himmel Street. There is only one difference between their family and the others, they are hiding Max Vandenburg (a Jewish man) in their basement during the time of the Holocaust. This story, narrated by Death follows the life of Liesel from her first step into 33 Himmel Street, until the day she died in Sydney, Australia.

“How deeply a viper is a viper” (Canin, pg. 173). Throughout the story of “The Palace Thief”, the main character Hundert is a teacher at the highly prestigious school St. Benedicts. During Hundert’s time at St. Benedicts he develops a sense of self importance from the schools reputation, and sees his work as life changing for his students because of this, which is part of the reason why when a character named Sedgewick Bell, a misbehaving student with an intimidating father, enters the scene Hundert makes it his personal duty to correct his behavior, and mold him into a better man. Due to this Hundert attempts to push Sedgewick into becoming better, and eventually favors him over another student and gives Sedgewick a place in a competition

The Lightning Thief” is a fantasy fiction written by Rick Riordan. The book starts off with a normal kid going to school named Percy and his friend Grover. They were going on a field trip well the field trip didn't work out so well Percy’s teacher was some sort of creature trying to kill him. Also Percy’s other teacher was a nice demigod who gave him a pen that would turn into a sword, What percy didn't know was that Grover was half goat. Turned out Percy was also a demigod and stole the lightning bolt, but he had no clue what they were talking about. Grover brought him to camp and was the son of Poseidon and meant some people like Annabeth and one named Luke that gave him a shield for his mission, but little did you know the sword had the

The book contains a captivating use of symbolism making the story more interesting and understandable. This magnetizes the reader into the book. "At the first show of dawn, great Alcinous left his couch, as did that ravager of cities,

Another symbol to acknowledge in the story is the serpent. The serpent came in the story in a stick figure way. “This is a dull pace for the beginning of a journey”. The sneaky serpent confided this saying to

There are many books that will teach you important lessons. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak there are many lessons to be learned. Some of the lessons that the book teaches is that courage is the key to achieve anything, fear can be distracted, and Death’s kindness. These lessons are important to learn.

Liesel most definitely could have trusted Rudy with the secret of having Max hidden in her basement. Rudy was clearly Liesel’s best friend and partner in crime when Liesel was doing her acts of thievery stealing the books from the mayor’s wife bookself. The devotion to Liesel Rudy also had was strong and I believe Liesel could have trusted Rudy.

The book “City of Saints and Thieves,” is an extremely interesting and fanistating book that almost any teen and adult should consider reading. The book itself follows the journey of Tina and her adventure to find and kill the murderer of her mother. “City of Saints and Thieves“ talks about very real problems in our everyday world with the struggles that refugees face in the real world. Anderson, the author also doesn’t shy away from writing about the sexual and physical abuse that is very real especially for young female refugees. The book “City of Saints and Thieves” should not just be taken as a story but hopefully leads readers to research the real world conditions of refugees.

1) Prescribed Text – The Book Thief a. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/characters/key concerns). (100 words only)

The symbolic events in A Tale of Two Cities foreshadow upcoming obstacles and give insight into the hardship of the townspeople. Charles Dickens uses the symbols to indicate the terrible events that occur in the following years. The peasantry is being treated unfairly