Patton Oswald-Comedian Respond to this in 3 sentences "I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong. This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness. But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago. So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden- variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'"

10 minute reading quiz Yes, you must answer in complete sentences

The Book Thief Part 10 and Epilogue

Death wants to soften the blow—prepares the reader for the bombing on Himmel Street Why is this significant?

A Woman Makes a Prediction The Jew Walk Says every time… Liesel searches for…. They find….

Why does Michael Holtzapfel kill himself ? How does Death find out?

Why does Michael Holtzapfel kill himself ? Who sits with Frau Holtzapfel? Why is this important? Why THIS person?

Max Where is he? What happens? How is Liesel able to find him? What does she do?

What are the repercussions, and who saves Liesel from herself?

What incident inspires Ilsa Hermann to visit Liesel and to give her a gift? What impact does it have on Liesel and her life?

Why do you think this book is significant?

The Bombing

Death Steps on Hitler’s photo

Death Rudy Pages

Death Hans and Rosa Frau Holtzapfel

LSE Men Shout Gets Death’s attention

Liesel and the Aftermath p Carries around Sees… Rudy: Rosa: Papa: “She made herself remember, and as was her habit, she did not look away.”

Death’s Comment about Liesel p. 536 What is it? Where have we heard this before?

Frau Hermann Saves Liesel Twice

Epilogue

The Book Thief Died Only Yesterday Lives Soul Family

The Book Thief Died Only Yesterday “In her final visions, she saw her three children, her grandchildren, her husband, and the long list of lives that merged with hers. Among them, lit like lanterns, were Hans and Rosa Hubermann, her brother, and the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever” Simile used Who is not mentioned? Why do you think that is?

Ilsa Hermann & Liesel Liesel goes to live with her Goes to the funeral without showering—carrying the dust of her street—all she has left Goes to the river and cries Where Rudy retrieved her book Asked for a kiss

Alex Steiner

You save someone. You kill them. How was he supposed to know?

Max

The Handover Man Her book…

Death and Liesel Walked along a river and spoke Gave her book back

Death and Liesel In the afterlife? “A few cars drove by, each way. Their drivers were Hitlers and Hubermanns, and Maxes, killers, Dillers, and Steiners” Significance?

Death “I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race—that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”

“I am haunted by humans”

First 4 lines Of an obituary written by Death

The Power Of Words