Waleed Smith August 1st, 2015 Honors English Summer Reading 7 Habits of the Highly Effective Teen Pre-reading: 1. I think that this book is about advice. I think that this book will be about thing to help be a more organised person or, things that should help me in my life. I think that the author wrote this book because he wanted to help teens be more helpful to society. During/After Reading Habit Quote How does this relate to my life? Habit 1: Be Proactive “I remember reading a statement…
hiding Max, a Jew. Liesel also believes in the power of words. Max helped her realize this in his story he wrote about Liesel. Over the course of the book, majority of her actions are done for the freedom of reading or having a book. Just like the accordion is the symbol for Hans, a book is a symbol for Liesel. With her actions, she helped the entire community at times at need. Liesel does not have very much. She was a homeless girl who…
Meminger’s Family and Friends Liesel is a kind, hard working girl. She doesn’t know how to read or write but she steals books. She learns to read from her foster father Hans. She becomes real good friends with Rudy Steiner. Hans Hubermann is an accordion…
(Zusak 179), this was Hans Hubermann speaking to the mother of the man he would later hide away in his basement. Hans had felt guilt after Erik’s death for the fact that they had been friends throughout World War I and Erik taught him how to play the accordion. Erik was also the…
is a Christian, and gets almost all of his inspiration for the songs he writes from God. His faith really influences the music he writes. He also plays many different instruments such as the ukulele, the piano, the keytar, the bass guitar, the accordion, and the…
Tone “Snowflakes of ash fell so lovelily you were tempted to stretch out your tongue to catch them, taste them. Only, they would have scorched your lips” (13). RESPOND The narrator makes it seem as though the scene had the potential to be pleasant, but rather that the appearance was deceitful. ANALYZE Death describes the ashes as falling “lovelily” and through the use of italics gives a sarcastic emphasis on the word. The narrator’s tone was almost apathetic throughout this passage as he did…
State and University Library in Dresden, Germany. The other three are in secure places in Madrid, Paris and in Mexico City. The Dresden codex consists of 39 leaves, inscribed on both sides, and 358 centimeters long, the codex was folded in an accordion like-manner. The Mayans adapted their system of writing called glyphs, from the Olmecs around 50 B.C.E. The Dresden codex was written just before the Spanish conquest in 1523. The Mayans wrote on a type of paper made of the insides of fig…
He began singing and composing on the accordion and piano at the age of 4 and gave his first recital at 10. When he was 15 years old, he entered the Vienna Conservatory. During his years at the school, he began composing a piece where he felt he was able to truly develop his voice, Das Klagende…
Death and Leisel are introduces in this section. Death, the narrator, tells the story of how he met and has ties to Leisel, and Leisel being a small, lost girl is just trying to survive in a big lonely world. Leisel always has captured the attention of Death every time he has seen her. All the three times they have met each other, Death has always taken someone near, and sometimes dear, to Liesel. In all the accidents, Death has seen a color that just sticks out to him. At the railroad…
I put the phone down with deep anguish. My mind is racing. Liesel. The little girl with the blonde flowing hair, who reads my books, who delivered my washing, who is now in the unknown. Liesel. I quickly changed out of my bathrobe and told my husband to get the car ready, we are going to Himmel Street. My mind was moving faster than the car, racing down the hill from Grande Strasse, I could only think the worst. What if I get there and there are bodies everywhere, buildings crumbled and, Liesel,…