Log #7

The Book Thief      

Reading Log  (page 1 to page 128)

The story begins with the introduction of a death collector. In the background of World War Two, there are lots of death bodies for him to collect and suddenly, a girl catches his eyes. On the view of a death collector, he writes this book to tell a story of a book thief- Liesel.

        Enjoying the stories and the meaning of words, she was attracted by the books. Her first time to steal is on her brother’s funeral and the book is called “The Gravedigger Handbook”. And the second time, the book is under the fire. She doesn’t care about the hot but is crazy with holding the book. I am impressed by one of her stories. Once her teacher asked each student in the class to read the paragraph but skipped Liesel because she knew Liesel couldn’t read. However, Liesel finished it by reading the content of The Gravedigger Handbook instead of the assigned book. Everyone laughed at her but I think she is brave enough. Rudy, her neighbor, is her best friend. I like the story when Rudy run across the grass painted-black to disguise as the Olympic running winner. People think his behavior was so silly but I admire his way to celebrate the black winner’s glory. At that period of time, except for the Jew, the black people also were not respected. For Rudy, he doesn’t care about the racist and the public perspectives, he honored the man in his way. Hans, Liesel’s father, was a kind man who taught Liesel to read and write. On the Christmas, the family bought Liesel two books even though they encountered a hard time to live. I really like the way Liesel and Hans interact and the family relationship reminds me of the connection between my father and I.

        In this section, I understand the passion of reading for Liesel and I can’t wait to see what’s going on next. I am willing to know more stories happened in the period of the World War Two about what Hitler did to the Jew at the time.