The book that Max Vandenburg is reading on the train is called
Mein Kampf. Max is Jewish and the book is a German book. He is reading it so people think that since he is reading a German book then he is a German. "In front of him, he read from the copy of
Mein Kampf. His savior. Sweat was swimming out of his hands. Fingermarks clutched the book"(Zusak 157). On the train Max is feeling scared because he does not want to get caught pretending to be a German. If he does get caught then the Germans will kill him right there on the spot. "Papers". That was what he dreaded to hear. It was bad enough when he was stopped on the platform. He knew he could not withstand it twice. The shivering hands. The smell-no, the stench-of guilt. He simply couldn't bear it again"(Zusak 159). I have never convinced others that I am someone that I am not so I wouldn't know how Max felt trying to be a German when he truely is a Jew.
Work Cited:
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Print.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome job with your quotes & Works Cited!! You did a great job of explaining this section of the book. Just make sure you write a little more about your life in this post and make sure you get to 250 words, right now you are at 180 words.
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