While living in the basement of Hans and Rosa Hubermann's house, Max Vandenburg, who has been kept hidden from the watchful eyes of the Nazis, decides to write his life story. He does not know how it will end, but he starts on what turns out to be an entirely different story anyway. Max's first step in writing his story is to procure paper on which he can write. He does this by taking the remaining pages from Mein Kamph , which ironically is Hitler's life story detailing his supposed struggle against the Jewish people, and paints them over with white paint. Max decides to keep the story a secret from Liesel, because he is not sure she could handle the somewhat mature subject matter. As hard as Max tried to keep his story from Liesel, she discovers his secret drawings and they do scare her. The first picture is one of Adolf Hitler being praised by the German people, not as the Fuhrer, but as a conductor of the masses. The next picture, which is the one that scares Liesel, shows Max and Liesel standing on a pile of dead bodies, with a Nazi sun shining in the background, commenting on what a lovely day it is.
"Frightened by where she saw, Liesel placed the book back down, exactly as she found it, against Max's leg." (Zusak, 281). Liesel manages to find the pictures while Max was sleeping, and he startles her by briefly waking up, saying "thank you" and falling back asleep. " 'Danke schon,' it said, and when she looked across, following the trail of sound to its owner, a small sign of satisfaction was present on his Jewish lips. 'Holy Christ,' Liesel gasped. 'You scared me Max.' " (Zusak, 281).
For my life story, my fear is of driving. I have a phobia of driving because I do not want to damage any property, or hurt anybody. My family has a history of bad car accidents, and I do not want to add to the record. I have already damaged my grandfather's garage door, which was costly enough. The only way I can conquer my fear is to get out on the street and drive.
Works Cited
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York City, NY:Alfred A. Knoph, 2005. Print.
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ReplyDeleteGreat job Chase! I hope you are starting to feel better! We miss you in class:)
Just a couple of minor changes to make when you revise: Make sure you are spacing your Works Cited properly after the colon and double-check your spelling of the publisher.
Also, double check your spelling of Mein Kampf. Book titles should also be in italics, rather than underlined.
passive voice: "While living in the basement of Hans and Rosa Hubermann's house"