I read the first chapter"Arrival on Himmel Street" Here is the little summery of it!
Character list:
Liesel Meminger/book thief(main character)
Werner Meminger/Liesel's brother
Hans Hubermann/Foster father
Rosa Hubermann/Foster mother
ARRIVAL ON HIMMEL STREET
Character list:
Liesel Meminger/book thief(main character)
Werner Meminger/Liesel's brother
Hans Hubermann/Foster father
Rosa Hubermann/Foster mother
ARRIVAL ON HIMMEL STREET
On a snowy night, the book thief Liesel Meminger and her little brother,Werner are traveling with their mother by train to Munich, where Liesel and her brother are to be given over to foster parents. Liesel had been asleep and dreaming about Adolf Hitler speaking at a rally where Hitler smiles at Liesel, and Liesel, who is illiterate, greets him in broken German. As Liesel's mother sleeps, Liesel sees Werner die, and Death takes Werner's spirit but remains to watch what happens next. The train stops due to track work, and the three exit with two guards who argue over what to do with the body.
Two days later, Werner is buried by two gravediggers. Liesel digs at her brother's grave because to mourn over the death of her brother. But is carried away by her mother. Before leaving on another train, Liesel steals a black book from the cemetery ground: The Grave Digger's Handbook
I love your summary of the first chapter of the book thief. It makes me want to read the book because the way you wrote the summary, it is very detailed. Maybe next time you could subtract some of the commas. Why do Liesel and Werner have foster parents?
ReplyDeleteLiesel’s father had "disappeared". He was an active communist and it's implied that Adolf Hitler had something to do with his disappearance.
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