Leisel is different from Max because she is a german. Also her family has been killed so she has been through a lot. Max is a jew trying to change his life and pass off as a german. They both have been through a lot and they can relate to each other in a lot of ways.
"All my life I've been scared of men standing over me"(237)
"Three days they told me... and what did I find when i wake up?"(237)
Max came to stay with Leisel and her family and after a while they became friends and got to know each other. She would watch him sleep. They both arrived in a state of agitation on himmel street and they both had nightmares. Max also once grabbed her by her arm and pressed his nails in her skin until papa came and Max let go.
I can relate to them because ive been through so much in my life that they the things I have experinced still haunt me till this day. I have been molested by my brother when I was 6 and till this day he never said sorry to me so i think thats why it still comes back to me and I also still have dreams about it. I have been been abused by my mother and the painful and dramatic stuff I went through with her caused me alot of pain and suffering and i have nightmares sometimes. So yea I can relate to the nightmares.
They can relate to each other and they both can relate to max's story. They both have nightmares about traumatic things. They both had been scared of men standing over them their whole lives. They both liked to fight. And they both have struggled their whole lives.
Works Cited:
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Print.
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ReplyDeleteNatalie, you have so many important things to write about. You are a very strong young woman, and you have definitely been through a lot in your life. I appreciate the way that you are relating what you have gone through to the book and the beautiful way that you are writing about your life. I am so glad that you are a part of Gateway to College. You have a lot of exciting things happening this year as you become a Mom and I know that you have many wonderful things ahead of you!!
Don't forget to add a Works Cited at the end of every post. Double-check the proper format for your page numbers as well. Please see my comments from your Blog #5 about putting your quotes in the body of your paragraphs, rather than just adding them on to the end.
Be sure to use proper capitalization.
Always use apostrophes to show possession or contractions.
spelling: "alot" "relat"
fragment: "Because they both have been through alot and they can relate to each other in alot of ways."
run-on: " I have been been abused by my mother and the painful and dramatic stuff I went through with her caused me alot of pain and suffering and i have nightmares about stuff like what happened to me sometimes."