Sunday, December 8, 2013
The Book Thief: Discussion 2
In the chapter "Pages From the Basement", I thought it was very meaningful when Max wrote The Standover Man on pages from My Struggle. I thought this because My Struggle is about Hitler's life, and about how Germans should not mix with other races because they are "superior". But The Standover Man is about how a Jewish man becomes friends with a German girl, not letting what Hitler says stand in the way. It was almost like Max stamped out the horrible words of My Struggle and replaced it with something a lot happier and better.
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The Standover Man made me really have to think. Espically the end. I really thought hard about this. I couldn't believe, how much emotion, could be put in how many pages? 13? If I was Max, and I had to write that, I would swell with so much emotion, that I wouldn't be able to finish it. I honor Max even more then I did before, just for writing The Standover Man.
ReplyDeleteI strongly respect Max for almost watching over Liesel to write such an emotional book about their relationship rather than letting what Hitler says be engraved in her mind. I love how Max, a Jew, used the best of what he could do although he knew it wasn't the best thing in the world he made a beautiful book for Liesel. It may not look the best but it really is...
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