The Book Thief

The Book Thief

many jewish people were gassed with zyklon b, after being told they were entering shower facilities...... death takes the soud of the jews " out of the shower facilities" and out into "eterity" .....it makes death cold to remember and death "[tries] to de-realize it"................................

#1what do you think he means by de- realize?

#2 Of the dead death takes this day, death says, "they were frenchy, they were jews, they were you", whay does death mean by this statment, particularly the 'you' part?

#3 why do you suppose rudy got himself disqualified from the final race of the day and then left his medals behind?

#4 how does the mayor's wife (Ilsa) communicate with Liesel? why isn't she mad at liesel for stealing the books? what does she also offer liesel ?

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#1 ...... pretend it's not happening.

#2 ...... this refers to the fact that death was universal..... no one was spared, and it could have been anyone.

#3 ...... Rudy proved what he wanted to prove..... but he didn't want any part of the Hitler Youth, or what they represented.

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