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Furthermore, the setting illustrates how aesthetic beauty can flourish in a world of evil. Within the setting there are a lot of reminders of Nazi evil. Nazi Propaganda is posted all over the town such as posters, billboards, and flags but in schools posters of Germans and Jewish people are put up but the germans are much higher than the Jewish are. On Hitlers birthday they showed their respects by putting a flag up at the front of their house and as Rosa said "If we don't put our flag up, they will think we are saying something."
This evil in the movie is contrasted with its absolute beauty in the setting. This is shown in the basement with the dictionary Hans placed on the wall for Liesel to learn how to read and write. Percival shows the contradiction continuously through multiple settings.

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CONCLUSION

Clearly “The book thief’s” message is that beauty and honesty can be shown even within the midst of war and evil.This message of beauty and honesty reflects how the war even in the worst of times can have a positive outcome.To summarize Percival displays how through the characters, he can represent the destruction of the war by illustrating the aesthetic charm in a world of ‘Nazi’ occupation. Liesel is the protagonist who is nothing but “kind, nice and innocent”. Even in the worst of times, such as when ‘Franz’ aggravates Liesel by telling her to “just read one word”, knowing very well she is illiterate. In contrast Liesel is a lot more innocent & honest by continuing to do kind deeds such as reading to Max while he was sick and demonstrating that she can contribute to her new family (eventually).This innocence really shows how Liesel is the protagonist of the film and reinforces Percival's message as author.

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Finally, film techniques are used throughout The Book Thief to reinforce this contradiction and add symbolism and depth to the screen. For instance, the book-burning scene where Liesel is on one side of the fire while the Nazis are on the other side. The scene symbolises how the fire is correspondent to ‘Hell’ while the books represent knowledge, art and imagination. The low angle shots pan up to the Nazi regime, giving them power. Throughout this scene the camera pans low to Liesel, giving her a sense of inability or weakness. Sound is also a film technique used to reinforce this contradiction in the bomb shelter scene. Specifically, when there is diegetic sound used with Hans playing the accordion, and the muffled bombs dropping. This exemplifies that there is still happiness found in dark times. Evidentially, these scenes both convey the idea of how happiness can still be displayed in awful situations.

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Brian Percival demonstrates how aesthetic beauty can exist among destruction and cruelty by using characters, settings and film techniques. This is achieved connecting characters with one another. The setting gives the eye a pleasing view of the world around them despite the evil within. Film techniques and camera angles give the film different contradictions.

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The characters in Brian Percival's movie; The Book Thief, show the contrast between destruction and peace. Such as Liesel, a young girl who gets her powers through the words of books compared to Franz Deutscher, the idealistic German boy who has been raised and groomed into the perfect future Nazi.

Percival dexterously shows that there are always two sides to a story as humanity’s persuasion differs. As we advance through the story, we see many sides like Rudy defying the Nazis and painting his skin with mud, but the Nazis resent the boy’s actions as they’d rather drench their guns in the blood of the Jews and communists.

The way Percival showed that all societies have two contrasting sides, the beauty and childness much like Rudy and the brutality and distraction that the Nazis bring into the world.

Death once said, “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.”

This quote showed the depth and heartbreak that the world and people brought to death in their time of passing. To how Death had seen so much hurt but also seen the beauty within it.

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Throughout the movie the director constantly shows the contrast between the brutality of the war and the innocence of the children. The way the kids seem to be fully unaware of the racist things they are singing while being surrounded by the swastika flags. The horror of 'war being declared' while the children run through the streets in excitement.

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To conclude, the director of the film (Brian Percival) clearly demonstrates the paradox of beauty and brutality through elements of war and ‘good vs evil’. Percival illustrates multiple themes in this film such as the contrast of individual personalities, how the setting can illustrate beauty and evil, and how smart film techniques can reinforce this theme. The contrast of beauty and brutality is very noticeable, and it emphasizes the kindness of the Huberman family, and aesthetic beauty in general. Overall, Brian Percival represents the themes of the film exceptionally well.

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Finally, clever film techniques have been used all throughout The Book Thief to add depth to what is happening on screen. The final scene were Rudy dies shows this well as it is visible to the audience as the camera pan away from Rudy’s body in the rubble as Liesel held his body. Another scene that illustrates clever film techniques is when death enters the train, and the camera starts panning from passenger to passenger until it reaches Liesel and her family.
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Firstly, Percival demonstrates this contrast through characterisation.  An example of this dissimilarity is illustrated through Rudy Steiner and the Nazis. Throughout the entire movie, Rudy is the epitome of childhood innocence. He is such a joyous and all-round good person. He demonstrates this through his actions and personality, for instance when Leisel first moves in with Rosa and Hanz, Rudy is always standing out the front of her house waiting for her to come out, ultimately welcoming her more than anyone. Hanz also welcomes her alongside Rudy saying, “welcome your highness”. Contrasting to Rudy, the Nazis are the epitome of cruelty. Ruthless and evil, the Nazis set a perfect example of opposites in The Book thief. This is displayed in the death march scene when Leisel is being thrown around by the Nazi and Rudy comes to the rescue. This shows Rudy and the Nazis going against each other, standing for contrasting beliefs.

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In The Book Thief the camera angles are very interesting because it was all filmed from Death’s perspective. When the burgomaster made his speech about the book burning march, he was up high, speaking loud, and watching over all the civilians making everyone look small and vulnerable. This shows that Death is watching form the burgomaster perspective as the fire rips through the books with eerily shadows though the fire. Bryan percival uses this scene to establish to show how much power and control the nazis had over the Germans.

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Finally, clever film techniques have been used all throughout The Book Thief to add depth to what is happening on screen. The final scene were Rudy dies shows this well as it is visible to the audience as the camera pan away from Rudy’s body in the rubble as Liesel held his body. Another scene that illustrates clever film techniques is when death enters the train, and the camera starts panning from passenger to passenger until it reaches Liesel and her family.

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Finally, clever film techniques have been used all throughout The Book Thief to add depth to what is happening on screen. The final scene were Rudy dies shows this well as it is visible to the audience as the camera pan away from Rudy’s body in the rubble as Liesel held his body. Another scene that illustrates clever film techniques is when death enters the train, and the camera starts panning from passenger to passenger until it reaches Liesel and her family.

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The Book TheifIn the book thief, directed by Brian Percival. We see them go through lots of brutality and beauty in the movie. Even though we see lots of horrible and hatred in the movie lots of the people in it are sweet and nice deep down. Rudy shows so much kindness during the movie and brings light to people during this dark time. “At night, when darkness came to her room, she would tell her brother about the day. She would remind him how the sun felt on his skin, and what the air felt like to breathe, or how snow felt on his tongue. And that reminded her that she was still alive.”This shows that even though Liesel is sad about her brother she still puts on a brave face to everyone and makes the best out of it, reminding herself how lucky she is.      will and sasah

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The Book TheifIn the book thief, directed by Brian Percival. We see them go through lots of brutality and beauty in the movie. Even though we see lots of horrible and hatred in the movie lots of the people in it are sweet and nice deep down. Rudy shows so much kindness during the movie and brings light to people during this dark time. “At night, when darkness came to her room, she would tell her brother about the day. She would remind him how the sun felt on his skin, and what the air felt like to breathe, or how snow felt on his tongue. And that reminded her that she was still alive.”This shows that even though Liesel is sad about her brother she still puts on a brave face to everyone and makes the best out of it, reminding herself how lucky she is.      will and sasah

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'The Book Thief' demonstrates how, in times of war, individuals either conform or rebel against societal expectations in order to survive

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Another character which exemplifies this is Rudy who is very rebellious to the nazi regime throughout the movie, this can be shown in a few scenes such as one where he finds out he’s been chosen for ss training and try’s to run away with liesel, another example is when he goes out to the lake with liese and they both scream “we hate the führer” and how he doesn’t care that Jesse Owens is black, he is Rudy’s idol and that will never change.

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Liesel is especially defiant of the Nazi regime.

During the scene of checking the basements. Playing outside Liesel is informed by a fellow friend that the Nazi officers are coming to check the basements of the houses.

The thought goes through her head knowing that they are hiding Max in their basement. She realises. She thinks fast. She acts. Liesel goes up to the boy with the soccer ball and very quickly skids along the concrete to create a reason to stop the game and go inside. Rudy then hurries up to her and asks if she is okay. She nods and slightly pushes him away so there is no reason for him to come inside. Liesel opens the door and rushes over to Rosa to alerts her in a very panicking manner. Rosa understands the mass concern and runs to tell Hans. Liesel looks out the window to see how far away the officers are. She realises they are getting extremely close and starts to stress even more. The knock at the door is heard and there is a big freeze as everyone knows who it is. Hans is still downstairs trying to escort Max into a hiding place. Rosa opens the door acting surprised trying to not be suspicious. The close up on Rosa’s face is identifying he horror and worry on in her body. The officer is quite aggressive and instantly insists to see the basement. Hans arrises from the basement with hope from the girls that he has hid Max well enough...

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Although many characters in the book thief defy the Nazi party and their ideologies, there are also many characters in the story who agree, accept and comply with the Nazi party.

There were many regular people who complied with the nazis and enforced their regulations and beliefs, ranging from kids to adults alike it wasn’t just Nazi officials and officers. An example of this is Franz Deutscher “burn a book. Go on, burn a book. Go on I’ll be watching both of you.”  It is evident that here he isn’t just complying with the Nazis but that he is enforcing their policy’s and ideologies onto other people.

Unlike Rudy, Franz is happily part of the hitler youth program.

There was a contrast between the Bürgemeister and his wife about how they side with the Nazi party, the Bürgemeister ran the Nazi party in the town, whereas his wife demonstrated small acts of rebellion by not aligning exactly with Nazi rules and regulations.

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All things considered, Percival has put together a very historically accurate film, that effectively show the way individuals accept or defy a controlling regime like Nazi Germany. It created a profound, pleasurable environment for the viewers. The way Fuhrer impacts the entirety of Germany as well as the rest of the world is devastating, Percival paints the picture for you in the film as if you were there. The way he used props, sets, make-up and costumes made it feel like you were sitting in that room with the characters, the level of reality in this film was crazily perfect, they had used an actual car from WW2 as the Burgemeisters car in the film.

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the huberman family illustrates this phenomenon
perfectly in the first interaction of rosa and hans to the protagonist liesel meminger on her arrival show her an acceptance even though she’s a communist, which makes her a social reject to nazi germany. Rosa and hans show bravery by bringing in max who is a jew. Even though they are hiding them to keep liesel and max safe they are still putting their lives on the line. Rosa in the film seemed like a strict and harsh lady but later on you see a sense of kindness after she opens up towards liesel. clearly they show bravery and resistance to conform, by hiding and protecting people from the society that they see as evil.

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Essay practice - group task The Book Thief 9GL

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Initially, Percival establishes this theme through characterisation, especially through the perspective of protagonist Liesel Meninger. We are drawn to her immediately by the mesmerising narration of death. “I don’t know exactly what it was about Liesel Meninger, but she caught me” This quote brings the audience into Liesel and intrigues them as to why Death is ‘caught’ on her. It is inferred that Death is intrigued by Liesel through the great misery she experiences. These experiences of atrocity help to characterise Liesel and give her a purpose to do acts of beauty. It shows how the tragic acts of her brother dying, being put up for adoption and Franz bullying her have made her first thoughts to do something kind for someone in need. For example when Max gets sick, she reads to him and when she finishes the book she steals a new one from the Burgermeister. This characterises her as someone who would commit a crime so that she could be kind to someone, and brings acts of beauty through the cruel times they lived in.

The characterisation in The Book Thief is an example of beauty emerging in a cruel world.

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Throughout the film the director continually shows the contrast between the brutality of the war and the innocence of the children. The way the children seem to be completely unaware of the racist things they are singing while being surrounded by the propaganda of swastika flags. The horror of 'war being declared' while the children run through the streets in excitement.

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Throughout the film, there are many examples of barbarism being contrasted with sublime human kindness. The very real persecution of Jews and Crystal Nacht, when people were literally being murdered in the streets, this showcases the evil in the world then however this is contrasted with Rosa and Hans Grubermann taking Max in it is clear that this was a struggle when Rosa states that instead of having 3 meals a day they might have to have two. Another strong example of Rosa. When we first see Rosa, she seems like a strict human that’s serious about the war. We begin to observe Rosa’s softer side throughout scenes when she visits Liesel’s school to make Liesel aware that Max is okay and when she’s tightly holding onto Hans’ accordion while he’s away in the battlefield. These scenes are crucial for the film because without these the character development wouldn’t be as much and you wouldn’t be able to see the full harshness of WW2.

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To conclude, the director of this film has given us a cold but mellow setting leaving us heart felt while the optimism of the protagonist Liesel was strong.  As soon as Liesel’s story begins she is put into a dreadful situation starting a new life on Himmel street, Liesel goes highs and lows living through war while tragically losing everyone near the end of the film. The audience is in aw when Max returns to Liesel after the war is over. The audience is left heart felt by the outcome and are encouraged by the optimism of Liesel.

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Percival displays the theme through characterisation. We can see this in the perspective of Liesel Meninger. We see the character of Liesel forming through stealing books. She gets given the title ‘book thief’. As she grows so does her need and love for books. The books help her connect with max. The other characters perspective of Liesel is that she is a good person. Rudy falls in love with her and just wants a kiss. The characterisation in the film helps portray the traits of the film.

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Finally, the personification of Death as the captivating narrative voice is the most compelling method by which the tragic, yet sublime nature of humans is elucidated. Throughout the film, Death is shown hanging or peering above all others characters, as if he is judging them. This high angle camera shot gives a wider viewing of the  scene which allows the audience to see the situation without the influence of emotions and humans intentions. This method, used by Brian Percival, shows the ungiving thought process Death possesses. In the beginning of the film, Death can be seen swooping down to the train, as if he is searching for something. When he reaches the train, he is taller then everyone else which enhances the judgmental thoughts which Death

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In the book thief, directed by Brian Percival, we see many varied reactions to the horrid situations that they have been put in. Despite Hitlers brutal control over the German population, we still see intense acts of kindness, love and compassion among the public. This shows that even in times of darkness and distress, the good will of people is still easily recognised.

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The director uses small moments of defiance to moderately demonstrate rebellion against the the social expectations of World War 2. Percival shows this many ways. The most evident demonstration of rebellion would be the scene where Liesel and Rudy are located by a pier shouting “I hate the führer” into the silent setting. Percival obscurely expresses other acts of defiance through the unadulterated, childlike judgements of Liesel and Rudy. Rudy conveys his innocent thinking though the actions of painting himself in black mud and behaving like his idol, the Olympic runner Jesse Owens. Rudy is scolded for this by his parents because of the ideologies of the Nazi party. Liesel’s thievery of books again shows the innocent thinking of children. Her goal in her thievery grows from her desire to read to her attempting to keep Max company though the time he is ill. In order to attain the books, Liesel turns to “stealing from the Brgermeister” which would be considered a crime. Rudy catches her and expresses his irritation of her childish actions of stealing books when she could have stolen food. Percival’s displays of defiance though the juvenile thinking of Liesel and Rudy convey the moderate resistance of the ideologies of the Nazi party.

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Important scenes of significant actors express their hate towards the nazi party. This is shown in the scene where Liesel and Rudy scream “I hate the Fuhrer!” This quote expresses Liesel and Rudy’s hatred towards Hitler as both of them were yelling at the top of their lungs. Therefore, the actors express their hatred for Hitler in many ways and form.

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Use this Year 11 English rubric to assess our group essay. Give it a mark out 30 as a team and be prepared to explain the reasons you gave this result.

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The Book Thief shows how beauty can exist in the midst of brutality. Discuss