4. My struggle. This caption is actually the English translation of the book. Yes the book thief eventually did read this but she didn't find it as entertaining as other books. It's called Mein Kampf, written by Adolf Hitler. This picture connects to the book in more than one way. One of the characters in the book, Max Vanderburg (Jewish), was given a copy of Mein Kampf, which would later save his life.
5. If Britain is to drop 300 pounds of bombs on us, we should drop 500 pounds on them. I feel that this caption compliments my picture because this picture is about when Himmel Street (where the story takes place) is being bombed. During one part of the book (which is a very significant part) many people die from the bombing of Himmel Street. Also Liesel's foster father is sent out to help clean up and put the fires out with a firefighting crew.
6. True love is nearly impossible to rip apart. This picture shows the love and compassion between Hans Hubermann (Liesel's foster father) and Liesel. When Liesel first met Hans she was very afraid of him and Mrs. Hubermann. Throughout the book she would be more talkative and less afraid of her foster parents. Also Hans played an important
role of teaching Liesel how to read.
7. The Germans love their soccer! This picture may confusing but let me explain. You see this caption applies to this picture because throughout the book Liesel and her friend Rudy would play soccer after school, before school and at lunch during school. Furthermore, this was one way that they could forget the troubles of war.
8. Music can take us away from our troubles. The phrase is appropriate because there is so much going on in the book. There is war and life is difficult for the people of Germany. I chose this image because there was a scene in the book were the book burning was going on. They played the Nazi party anthem on a record machine. This is the same burning when Liesel stole her first book. This is one of the most important parts of the novel because this is when the book thief starts to steal books.
The Book Thief in pictures
Photos taken and expressed by Nicholas Ryma
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The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak was an interesting yet surprisingly depressing book. It was not as easy as I thought to come up with photos for this book. From my experience it took more time thinking of what to create than what to make connections to and how to describe the pictures. I had to think of what had stuck out in my mind from the book; for example, the scene of the book burning. Trying to set the mood would have been difficult without the use of photo editing software. This would have made the pictures remain in colour and I feel would have taken away from the black and white feel. Overall I didn't mind this book, I enjoyed how it had a WW2 setting and that it showed the good side of the German people at this time period which was usually never showed to the allies during the war.
1. Reading opens new and better doors. I chose this caption because from my own experiences reading does enhance one's intelligence as well as open doors to other plans in life. It could spark one's interest in a subject or hobby. In this picture, my hope was to re- create what Liesel did with her books, stack them in a pile. When she got a new book it would be added to the pile.
2. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I chose this caption because it describes the book and this picture very well. During the war times were tough, food was rationed and nightly bombings killed many. In these tough times it was difficult to find entertainment. So the book thief would steal books and read them, thus this entertained her. This picture is meant to represent the book thief stealing a book.
3. For Fuhrer and fatherland! I feel that this caption is fitting because this is a Hitler Youth / Band of German Girls application forum. How this connects to the book you ask? Well you see the man character Liesel (The book thief) was part of the Band of German Girls (BDM). Furthermore, this is how she was able to get most of her books through Nazi book burning ceremonies.