The Book Thief

Welcome to our cyber literature circle: Post a total of 4 comments to include at least ONE category relevant connection--should include category (capitalize, bold, highlight or italicize), page, description of observation or question (what) & insight/ impact/link to argument (how/why) AND/OR at least ONE comment on another post. DO NOT repeat observations or connections, but OK to elaborate/connect to an observation or argument thread. Complete by midnite prior to due-date.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Words are capable of both cruelty and beauty

One of the arguments portrayed in "The Book Thief" is that words can be capable of both cruelty and beauty. From a cruel stance, we first can assume, based off knowledge of world history, that Hitler has been using words to convince and turn people to believe that Jews are detrimental to a "perfect" world. He is a prime example of, as Aristotle would call it, a sophist. He is telling all these lies to gain domination. On the other hand, words are also beautiful. Liesel has a passion for reading and this gives her comfort. A book is like a security blanket for her and this in itself is beautiful and fascinating. Liesel has been through so much in such little time and the fact that she can sit down and read a book or newspaper, to her, is like getting away from it all and finding comfort and trust in something. To me it is such a beautiful thing to be able to have words from a book to represent hope and comfort.
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousNovember 3, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Again, an assertion to this argument is from pages 379-382 because there is a raid going on outside in the street by the Nazi leaders, and Liesel and her whole family are frightened. While sitting in the basement hiding from fear, Liesel whips out her book "The Whistle" and begins to read aloud. She finds comfort and escape from the world she faces and joy in world of a story. While Liesel reads aloud, she begins to calm everyone else down by getting their mind off of what is going on around them.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)