Blue day graded discussion on parts 4-7: Thursday the 5th
Gold day graded discussion on parts 4-7: Friday the 6th
Period 3 Blue
One:Thad
Levi
Maggie
Jessie
- What about Max's 2 pictures of 279 and 280 scare Liesel?
- On page 256 Max says that he beats Hitler when they fight. That isn't true though. Why does he lie? Why doesn't he just kill Hitler in his dreams?
- What does Max's "feathery" hair represent (if anything).
- Why might Max enjoy fighting even if he lost often?
- Does Max or Liesel benefit more from the sharing of the dreams?
- Does Max really trust the family (at first)? When (if ever) does he fully trust them?
Two:
Emma
Alexis
Tucker
Makao
Why does Ilsa Hermann stay in the condition that she does?
- Why does Liesel decide to steal "The Whister" back?
- Why was Liesel so angry after Ilsa Hermann let go of Rosa's services? Does the mayor's wife understand Liesel's ager?
- What significance is Ilsa Hermann to Liesel?
- Why doesn't Liesel take the book from the mayor's wife the first time?
Three:
Thomas
Nolan
Thad
Levi
- Did Rudy really not know Hitler's birthday? Was he just stubborn?
- Why is Liesel holding back so much from kissing Rudy?
- How/when does the relationship between Rudy and Liesel start to change?
- Why do you think the narrator is foreshadowing the death of Rudy so often?
- Why did the teacher stand up for Rudy and lie for him regarding the potato?
Four:
Maggie
Jessie
Emma
Alexis
- Is Viktor truly as heartless as he seems?
- Why do you suppose Mama doesn't hit Liesel even when Liesel says to?
- How does Rosa feel about Jews.
Five:
Tucker
Makao
Thomas
Nolan
- What does the standover man symbolize? "When he stopped reading, his shadow loomed behind him, watching. Someone was always watching."
- How do you think these sections would be different if narrated by Max or Liesel instead of Death?
- What roles do books play for Max, Hans, and Liesel?
Period One Gold:
One:
Darby
Isaiah
Brooklynn
Miles
Sawyer
- What would Liesel and Rudy do in these situations if they were adults?
- Would Hans help hide another Jew, or is Max special because of his father's relationship with Hans?
- Are there changes in Hans and Rosa when Max comes?
- Compare Mama's and Papa's personalities.
- Compare and contrast Arthur and Viktor and their leadership.
- How does Viktor's attitude change the group's way of doing things?
- Does the sadistic leader mentioned by Rudy on 212 play a role in the troubles to come mentioned on page 108?
Two:
Courtney
Julian
Megan
Whitney
- Compare how Max and Hans both struggle with their supposed cowardice.
- How would you describe Hans and Rosa's relationship? Why does it work?
- Do you think the mayor's wife has changed her ways after Liesel yells at her, or is she using Liesel's anger as another way to pity herself?
- Explain the relationship between Liesel and the mayor's wife (page 250).
- Compare Rudy and Hans.
- Is Max's life affected by this "survival of the fittest" mentality outside of his fantasy?
Three:
Kolton
Taylor
Chelsea
Hannah
- What clues are there about how Rudy is going to die?
- How do you think Rudy dies?
- Compare Rudy and Liesel's relationship to that of Max and Liesel.
- Make predictions about what will happen to Max in the end of the book.
- What is so bad about Rosa's soup? What would make it better? What is the soup symbolic of (if anything)?
- Do you think that the Hitler youth brainwashed kids to the point that they had trouble after the war was over?
Four:
Andrew
Julia
Cole
Grace
- In Max's book "The Standover Man" (224), why does Max use birds? What do the birds symbolize?
- What stands out the most about the book Max creates? How do you think this book helps Max?
- How does friendship save people in the book?
- Liesel compares herself with Max (206). Are there other ways, including earlier scenes from the book AND earlier events in their lives that the two can be compared?
- Does the non-linear timeline of the book help or hinder the reader's understanding of the text?
- What's the difference between how Liesel, Hans, Max, and Rudy view and are affected by the war?
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