Symbols: Hearth: Traditionally, a hearth symbolizes the heart of a home, a place of warmth, comfort, and gathering. Salamander: In mythology, there was a creature called a salamander that could supposedly live in fire. Because of this story, firefighters picked the salamander as their symbol. They even named their fire trucks after the salamander. Irony: The irony of the first line is that it mentions firemen coming to the rescue.…
His stomach growls furiously, reminding him that he hasn’t had food in days. His heart races every time he thinks about those stupid, snorting pigs. Taking my chance for food away. Just as he made up his mind to hunt them down, one of his wolf friends texts me, “I think I found one of your pigs!” Were they finally moved in?…
The determination Montag had to make things right slowly left his body as all six men reached the top of the hill. There they were, a huge crowd of firemen and the hound, it were as if they were waiting for them to arrive. They stood as if they didn’t care about the destruction the bomb caused. Men, women, and children lie on the streets, dead. Others just stood and looked not knowing what to do or what to say.…
After a few hours of moving along the railroad tracks, Montag became weary. He found himself stumbling over the tracks, while walking in the shallow tide of leaves. He was fully aware of his exhausted appearance and his legs prickled with burrs. But Montag was determined to find the hobo camps that Faber informed him about. Montag is coming to terms now, he knows something is wrong.…
Joshua checked the time on his watch. Oh oh, he thought. Time for the Germans to come. I better be extremely careful. Otherwise, I will be captured and sent to a work camp.…
The squealing sirens continued screaming, a whine that hurt my ears. Inside our bunker people wept, howled and wailed. Some like Papa often did. There was praying and sobbing. Through it all, Mama kept talking to us, "It will be over soon.…
Summerized summary Death narrates the story, introducing himself as the narrator who first saw Liesel on a train. Liesel's brother dies during the journey, and she steals a book from a gravedigger, beginning her fascination with books. She goes to live with the Hubermanns in Molching. Hans, her foster father, teaches her to read, and she befriends a boy named Rudy. Meanwhile, the political situation in Germany worsens, with food and work shortages, and a Jewish man named Max arrives at the Hubermanns' house.…
The next day, Jesper wakes up with screaming. He feels half-dead as he gets up to see where the noise is coming from. He finds out it's from the room where they stashed the Tutor. Jesper ended up sleeping at the Slat last night, curious to see if the Tutor would end up speaking, but no luck.…
ENGLAND: A.D 1377 I looked down at my mother, she looked so peaceful with her eyes closed and the cross of lead clutched in her hands. But to think that she would never awake to look at me and tell me I am going to be alright, to think that I never said a proper goodbye. To think that I will be alone and have to support myself. It was not long after I had found my mother, Asta that father Quinel arrived he wrapped the black shroud around her to symbolise her death.…
I love the action in this book. It was full action like when Will climbed the Barons tower and almost got caught by the castle guard (pg. 33-41). There wasn't much of anything I didn't like about the book. The book was so entertaining.…
Chase: After I left Montag, I had the feeling my conversations with him truly affected him. I wanted to meet up with him again, but now I can’t, I’m stuck in a hospital with bandages around my head. My hospital room is locked inside, it’s dimly lit, it’s cramped, and it’s deathly silent. Though the room is chilly, I’m sweating bullets. I took some time to sort out my thoughts, but then I was interrupted by people in the hallway.…
The old man took a deep breath, Faber’s eyes began to water. He kept his head low down, couldn’t bring his courage up to look straight into Montag’s calm eyes. Montag did not say anything, he stood still and stiff as a book cover that he is holding in his hand. Finally, Faber took in another deep breath, held in for a few seconds and uncomfortable let it out.…
Hearing the undeniable sound of the TARDIS close by is what brings me out of my paralytic state. I quickly shove the paper into my pocket and sprint in search of that blue box which is so much bigger on the inside. While running in the direction that the noise came from, I notice that my surroundings are like a barren desert but not like any desert that I have seen. I begin to slow down to further take note of my new location but once I look up I notice something different and quite strange. There are no stars in the sky.…
While reading I was having a lot of trouble trying to relate to the characters in the book because there was no way for me to be able to walk a mile in their shoes. Eventually I gave up on trying to relate to them and decided I would do my best to imagine myself in that situation. During the holocaust there were many horrors and atrocities that almost make it unimaginable for anyone to believe let alone go through. I’m so used to our daily lives holding almost no trouble that I can’t really ever begin to know what it’s like to go through that. All I can say is what I would have done but when it comes to actually experiencing it I can’t say that I’ll be true to my words.…
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah. There had been many times when Michael was little that he had heard the ant song, his father playing it to him over and over in the hopes of reminding him of his Muggle side. Now, the lyrics had somehow found their way into his mind, distracting him from the cold rain pelting down on him.…