Accordion

My LOVE for music started at the age of nine. Here is my story of how I became an accordion player for a local band known as “Conjunto Amenaza”. We had just migrated to the U.S., and I could not speak the language or understand the culture. My mother wanted us to have something to do after school because gangs and violence were heavy in our neighborhood. She registered my brothers and me for an after-school program at the Friendly House which provided a music program. The program was called…

also be a symbol of safety, as the secret storage room and the Hubermann’s basement are hiding places so that Max is kept secure and away from danger. Another symbol I found interesting in this part of the book would have to be Hans’ accordion. Hans uses his accordion to play in public so he can earn money to provide for his family, thus, helping him survive. The reader learns in this section of the book that it was…

flute it fits the young Azazel. The random noises of the accordion injects itself once in a while and then leaves. Which represents the coming and goings of Rasheed and influences on Mariam. Then another alto sax comes along. The alto sax is a higher quality and more expensive instrument that the others in the concerto. This masculine and loud instrument represents Zalmai’s mischievous and immature nature, and is usually played with the accordion. This represents the close relationship between…

them to go against what society or authority figures think they are capable of doing. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Hans and Liesel are subversive towards the Nazis. Liesel uses her books to be disloyal and Hans uses his accordion to go against Hitler. Hans’ accordion symbolizes his undermining attitude because of where he got it, and when he plays it. Liesel’s books symbolize her negative attitude towards the Nazis attitude because it goes against what they think of…

I roll out of bed and get my toy accordion and from the music I hear, my fingers then begin to mimic the accordion solos even though I barely knew what I was doing; I barely knew one song. My cries of wanting to play would always annoy my dad till finally he gave in and taught me one of the easiest songs. It may have been easy, but it wasn’t to me; my fingers slipped all the time and I would almost drop the accordion, but I was determined.…

Book Thief is the accordion. Hans Hubermann gives great comfort to Liesel through the playing of his accordion, and for Hans, the accordion is the symbol of the man who gave it to him – the man who saved his life – Erik Vandenburg. Vandenburg’s son, Max, comes to Hans as a last resort for help, and the accordion symbolizes his hope for surviving the holocaust. The first thing Max says to Hans when he arrives at 33 Himmel Street is the question, “Do you still play the accordion?” (page…

Symbolism Compared and Contrasted A book. A piece of bread. An accordion. Three entirely different objects, used for entirely different purposes. Yet, in context to The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, the entities accommodate a manifold of symbolic meanings in between the pages, keys, and crumb. Hans accordion carries history of a long friendship between him and Erik Vandenburg that dates back to his experiences in World War I. Every time his eyes lay upon the magnificent instrument, or…

"The Book Thief" is the accordion. I know this because the book Liesel had written said "Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I often look at his fingers and face when he plays. The accordion breathes. There are lines on his cheeks. They look drawn on, and for some reason, when I see them, I want to cry. It is not for any sadness or pride. I just like the way they move and change. Sometimes I think my Papa is an accordion. When he looks…

they didn’t want to be looked upon as cowards. In that battle all the men were killed, Hence Hans Hubermann escapes Death while Erik Vandenburg, who saved Hans’s life, died during battle. I think that the accordion symbolized comfort, hope and memories to different people. When the accordion was given by Erik Vandenburg to Hans, he used it to calm Liesel when she had nightmares, Liesel…

Alfred “Weird Al” Yankovic birthday is on October 23, 1959 and he is from Downey California. When he was a child Weird Al was introduced into music by playing the accordion because a salesmen at his school asked him if He was interested in learning guitar or the accordion Weird al chose to use the accordion. When Weird Al was a teen he was inspired by a whole bunch of different comedians and musicians. Weird Al graduated from lynwood high school and went to college at California Polytechnic…