1. City of Thieves
By David Benioff
Adrian Cook

2. Contents Title Slide Table of Contents 3. Setting and Background
4. Plot line
5. Characters
6. Themes
7. Social Connections
8. Final Slide

3. The Siege of Leningrad
Started September 8th, 1941 and was lifted January 27th 1944 (872 days)
Most casualties ever in a siege
Only food available was 125 grams of “bread”
Over 260 Leningraders found guilty of Cannibalism
Hundreds of buildings were destroyed

4. Introduction Setting Leningrad, Russia, 1941 Main Protagonists
Lyova “Lev” Beniov
Nikolai “Kolya” Alexandrovich Vlasov
Vitoria “Vika”

5. Rising Action Lev is caught looting a corpse In prison, he meets Kolya
They are given an offer
And so begins their quest…

6. Rising Action Cont’d The search starts in the City’s black market
A giant man claims he has eggs for sale
Kolya and Lev hear a rumour
They leave Leningrad

7. Rising Action Cont’d They come across a cabin in the fields
The inhabitants tell them a disturbing story
They meet Vika and her group of partisans
They continue on with Vika

8. Rising Action Concluded
Abendroth has taken Russians Prisoner
Our Heroes tag along
Kolya Challenges Abendroth
Vika Hatches a Plan

9. Climax Abendroth excepts the Challenge Lev wins the Chess game
Abendroth has had too much to drink
Lev saves Vika and Kolya
They are successful and escape

10. Falling Action Vika doesn’t return to Leningrad
Kolya and Lev return to present the eggs to the Colonel
The boys walk into the Leningrad line

11. Falling action Cont’d The soldiers mistake Lev and Kolya for Germans
Kolya is shot
Kolya dies on the way to the hospital
Lev gets the eggs to the Colonel

12. Conclusion Lev survives the remainder of the siege
After the war, Lev gets a surprise
Lev and Vika get married

13. Characters Cont’d
Lev
Shy
Insecure
Introverted
Grumpy
Suspicious

14. Characters
Kolya
Confident
Charming
Brave
Good Looking
Cocky
Insecure

15. The Strength of Human Spirit
Themes
The Strength of Human Spirit
The people of Leningrad
Kolya’s Outlook
Lev’s devotion
Vika’s Stubbornness

16. The Sadness and Suffering of War
Themes
The Sadness and Suffering of War
Starvation
Death
Cannibalism
Destruction
No purpose

17. Social Connections Soldiers and Peacekeeper Know the conditions
Know the stresses
Know their commitment
Upper class versus Lower Class
Lev and his friends starve and freeze
The Colonel has food and is planning his daughter's wedding

18. The End