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The Book Thief - Coggle Diagram
The Book Thief
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Figurative Language
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"Mama's eyes were like pale blue cutouts, pasted to her face (Zusak 43)."SIMILE
"The town hall stood like a giant ham-fisted youth, too big for age (Zusak 169)." SIMILE
"On the whole, his time in the Great Was had astonished him from the moment he entered the army. It was like a serial (Zusak 175)."SIMILE
"He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection (Zusak 536)." METAPHOR
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Dialogue
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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”
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“A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.”
“Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.”
“Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.”
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Setting
33 Himmel St, Molching, Germany: Liesel's foster parents house
Munich St, Molching, Germany: main st in Molching
Sydney, Australia: Liesel's place of death
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Poland, Cologne, Stalingrad: mentioned in deaths diary
Munich: A neighboring town, known as hitler's heartland or the birthplace of nazism
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Author's purpose
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Words have power and power can be destructive or useful, it all depends on how you use it
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