Attempt 2: (essential components of an intro paragraph)
Component 1: NAME THE TEXT, THE AUTHOR, THE THEME, AND THE TECHNIQUES USED TO CONVEY THE THEME. RESTATE THE QUESTION
In his novel, “The Book Thief”, Markus Zusak communicates his ideas about the vulnerability of all societies to colluding in atrocities by re-framing the events of the Nazi Holocaust in the mid-20th century. Like many texts in the genre of Magical Realism, a variety of techniques are used by Zusak to help the reader to look at something familiar with new eyes. Markus Zusak creates an emotional connection between characters in the book and the reader. By having characters that invest us their lives and draw the reader in, we are easily made to believe them and become attached to their life in an emotional way. He also uses language features in his novel to convey emotions
Body 1: zusak creates an emotional response from reader by investing them in the lives of the characters and introducing relationships amongst characters.
Body 2: personifies death to be just like us, which triggers an emotional response as we feel we are being
Body 3:
Q: Analyse how language features were used to create a powerful emotional response from the reader.
A: In his novel “The Book Thief”, Markus Zusak creates a powerful emotional response from the reader
QUOTES
“I walked in, loosened his soul and carried it gently out.”
“We now know, of course, that the boy didn’t make it.”
Death is invisible
“I waved. No-one waved back.”
“When he turned the light on in the small callous washroom that night, Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father’s eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. Like soft silver, melting. Liesel, upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hans Hubermann was worth a lot.”
“I didn’t know that. Do you have to pay to be Jewish? Do you need a licence?” “I know, son – but you’ve got beautiful blond hair and big, safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that, is that clear?”
“I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sandcastles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.”
“When death captures me,’ the boy vowed, ‘he will feel my fist on his face.’