Book Review: Top 21 books before 21
Google "Chapters Top 21 Books to Read Before 21" and check off each of the novels that you have already read. Post which ones on your blog, then choose one that you haven't read yet.Books I already read:
Paper town
Eleanor & Park
The hunger games
Before I die
If I stay
Ms.Perigrine's Home for Peculiar children
The Book Thief
Describe briefly the plot of the book. Who are the main characters? How are they presented? What is the major conflict(s) of the book? The story is about a thief during the war period. This is a fiction based on actual history, which is set during World War II in Germany. It was about a girl name Liesel Meminger who's adopted by the Hubermann family in a fictional small town called Molching. Hans, her foster father, who is always gentle and nice, teaches her learn to read. She started with the book called "the gravedigger's handbook she took from her brother's burial. Liesel later met Rudy Steiner, who falls in love with her. At a book burning ceremony, Liesel steals a book from the burning, but was seen by the mayor's wife Ilsa Hermann, who inviteed Liesel to read in her library later in the story. Hans agrees to hide a Jew named Max Vandenberg in his basement because Max's father saved Hans. Liesel and Max soon became close friends. one day, Hans ws seen giving bread to an old Jew being sent to a concentration camp in public, the polices came to Hans's house, asking questions about whether being related to Jewish, Max have to leave. After Max leaves, she started to worry if he was caught into concentration camp or not, Liesel writes the story of her life in the Hubermanns' basement, where she miraculously survives an air attack that kills Hans, Rosa, Rudy, and everyone else in the street she lives in. Liesel survives the war, and so does Max. She goes on to live a long life and dies at an old age.
The characters are presented in first person limited omniscient, it does not contains many descriptions of the characters except their behaviours. the major conflict of this book are human versus Society, this not only tells the story of a young girl, this book also tells readers how people live during that period of time in Germany when Hitler was in control.
What is your personal response to the book? Did you enjoy the book? Provide detail to support your answer.
so it contains many descriptions of the character. The story sometimes goes back and forth to introduce different character's background. The setting creates the atmosphere and the establishes imagery of the story background to develop emotion connection with the characters. The book's format is interesting, some chapters are written in journal form, and some are written in the narrative form which effectively tells the reader the theme that the book holds. This is a slightly heavy read because of the order of the plot is arranged differently so I have to go back and forth to figure out the main plot, but it's definitly a book that is worth reading.
In a thoughtful paragraph (at least 12 sentences) discuss why you think this book has been included in Chapter's Top 21 Books to Read Before 21 list. You may want to compare it to others on the list.
This book talks about family relationship, friendship, overcoming hardship such as war are valueble things to know how to deal with while still in school. Later on when people are in to the society, things will be different. The way of talking or interacting with people, the way to respond to things and the way to solve problems will all be different from the times when people are in education. This book is written in the death's point of view, which made it unique and intersting to read. While reading the book, it's easy to imagine how the living condition and the german people's daily life is like at that time, so it's easier to connect emotions with the characters or even the groups of people even if I never experience war or war-like chaos.
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/teens/21-books-before-21/
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