Literature Analysis #1

 The novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak first starts out in a small town in Germany.It is taken in the point of view of Death, and a little girl named Liesel Meminger who loses her family in World War II, goes to live with her foster family. The book is taken place to the time where they were experiencing the holocaust with the Nazi Party and etc. As the story goes on Liesel starts to develop her own identity, starts to learn the value of words as Germany moves towards war and helps her foster family hide a man named Max, a Jew. Later in the novel, Liesel starts writing a book and learns to move on when something life changing happens.

I chose the book because of the title and that I vaguely remember it from the movie. Who wants to steal books? What's the significance of the books in the story and what's the importance of it? Once I began reading I had to keep going because it really shows the importance of words and what they mean. Shows the struggles a girl in Germany had to go through to just read a book, while now I can probably go buy one for a few bucks at a store, Liesel had to go steal one.

I did find the book realistic. It made connections to the Holocaust that I read about and went to The Museum of Tolerance in eighth grade for a field trip. It mentioned the whole segregation with the Nazis and Jews and how the worst thing to be is a Jew.

The authors tone was mostly sadness or tragedy. In the novel it started out with the tragic event with Liesel's family being killed in the War in the beginning of the movie. There was also the time where Hans was taken away to war and L

Some personification,, "Twenty-three minutes later, when the train stopped, I climbed out with them. A small soul was in my arms." Death, a thing, is personified. He does not just happen, but actively taking away souls

Myth: Perseus and Medusa

• Main Characters: The main characters are Perseus and Medusa. 

Perseus is tall, handsome with brown hair, muscular and human.

Medusa is a Gorgon and has snakes as her hair and is like a serpent type thing with a tail and such.

• Setting is taken place first at a place called Arogos. Then the setting changes to an island where Perseus and his mom land from being sent out to sea.
• The main plot of the myth is that Perseus and his mother are sent out to sea and they land on an island. The king of the island, Polydektes, wanted Perseus' mother to himself, but in order to have her, he needed to get rid of Perseus. So he sent him for Medusa's head. Perseus managed to do that and saved the love of his life, Andromeda.
• The main conflict would be the king, Polydektes. He wanted Perseus' mom and he was the one who sent Perseus onto the mission.
• The myth attempts to explain that the power of love can make you do anything. Perseus went out to the dangerous mission for his mother, and he battled the huge monster for Andromeda.

Latin Roots #2

Roots and Derivatives

1. anni, annu, enni
2. aqua, aque
3. arm
4. art

Word List

1. aqua: the hue of the sea; bluish-green. Sent- The sea had an aqua color.
2. aquaculture:the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food. Sent- People back then practiced aquaculture as a way of getting food.
3. aqueous: a like or form by water; watery. Sent- the spaghetti was quite aqueous.
4. armada: a fleet of warships. Sent- the army sent an armada during the war.
5. armature: any protective clothing; an armlike extension.  sent- in order to be in football, all players must have all armature in order to participate.
6. armistice: a temporary agreement to end hostilities, like a peace treaty. sent- the armistice was declared on November 11th.
7. artifact: any object produced by the human hand; objects from the past. Sent- There are a lot of artifacts kept in museums.
8. artifice: clever or sly trickery. Sent- He had a smirk just dripping with artifice.
9. artisan: a person skilled with craft. Sent- He wanted to become an artisan when he grew up.
10. millennium: a period of peace and prosperity. Sent- There was a small millennium until someone started another fight.
11. perennial: Year after year. Sent-  her perennial beauty.
12. superannuated: worn out; retired. sent- he had superannuated ideas.

August 26 Journal

       A hero is having the courage to do what's right and to be able to have people look up to them. Heros in modern movies can be anyone no matter what size or gender and that they develop enough courage to face their fears and to do what's right. These portrayals are different than the classic ones or ancient ideas because the ancient ones are always big and tall and most of them are male. They also have same type of inhuman power role in the most temples or something while the ones today can be anyone from the street or they're rich or middle class. they also have good intellect.