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 not place any attention on how the disaster affected the people. Such a blunt tone was most likely used in order to bring some light to the terrible situation that was the night being described in the passage. Through this it allows the reader to not be as frightened and to be able to acknowledge that it happened. EVALUATE The use of sarcasm in to describe this situation gives the scene a much more outsider feel. It makes the reader feel faraway yet so close to what occurred …show more content…
ANALYZE A recurring theme weaved through the story of The Book Thief is the power of words and how Liesel used them to influence the people around her. She read to the people who lived on Himmel Street while they all stood crammed into a basement during the air raids, and her readings calmed the people down and had the ability to distract them from the fact that their homes might be ruined as bombs went off above them. Ilsa Hermann had told Liesel to write more, and as Liesel usually did, she listened to her and decided to write a book and what she had seen in her life. She was writing when all of Himmel Street went down in flames and everyone she loved had died except for Max and the mayor’s wife. EVALUATE The words Liesel held so dearly in the beginning and in the end in the end are what got her through the terrible events of Nazi
“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 not place any attention on how the disaster affected the people. Such a blunt tone was most likely used in order to bring some light to the terrible situation that was the night being described in the passage. Through this it allows the reader to not be as frightened and to be able to acknowledge that it happened. EVALUATE The use of sarcasm in to describe this situation gives the scene a much more outsider feel. It makes the reader feel faraway yet so close to what occurred …show more content…
ANALYZE A recurring theme weaved through the story of The Book Thief is the power of words and how Liesel used them to influence the people around her. She read to the people who lived on Himmel Street while they all stood crammed into a basement during the air raids, and her readings calmed the people down and had the ability to distract them from the fact that their homes might be ruined as bombs went off above them. Ilsa Hermann had told Liesel to write more, and as Liesel usually did, she listened to her and decided to write a book and what she had seen in her life. She was writing when all of Himmel Street went down in flames and everyone she loved had died except for Max and the mayor’s wife. EVALUATE The words Liesel held so dearly in the beginning and in the end in the end are what got her through the terrible events of Nazi