Symbolism in The Book Thief by Michael Maxwell https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq Double click somewhere. Share an example of a symbol in The Book Thief. Include a quote with a page number. Make sure that your name is on the post. en-us 2018-11-29 15:20:57 UTC 2025-10-08 06:48:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Hans accordion (Maddox) https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309370318 Pg. 38- it’s his soul. It’s his life saver that gives him hope and comfort ]]> 2018-11-29 16:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309370318 Paige https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309371266 I hate the fuhre, she said. I hate him...he clenched his eyes. Then opened them. He slapped Liesel Meminger squarely in the face. Don’t ever say that! This shows his care for liesel because he doesn’t want her to get in trouble for saying that ]]> 2018-11-29 16:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309371266 https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372504 Jadin - e]]> 2018-11-29 16:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372504 Anna Friedrich The fire that the children were spitting on represents an unpopular and unwanted child. “The thought of missing it was eased when she found a gap in the bodies and was able to see the mound of guilt, still intact. It was prodded and splashed, even spat on. It reminded her of an unpopular child, forlorn and bewildered, powerless to alter it’s fate. No one liked it. Head down. Hands in pockets. Forever. Amen”(page 109). https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372928 2018-11-29 16:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372928 MATTHEW S. https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372946 "He pulled some charcoal from the stove an gripped it in the smallness of his hands." (p.56) This quote takes place when Rudy pretends to be Jesse Owens. This symbolizes being different.

]]> 2018-11-29 16:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372946 Claire Quiroga https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372968 "she had hidden her last link to him - The Grave Digger's Handbook" pg. 38, the book symbolizes the memory of her mother and brother.]]> 2018-11-29 16:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309372968 Lawson K. https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309373106 THE BOOKS MEANING (Gravedigger's handbook) 
1. The last time she saw her mother
2.The last time she saw her brother
                                                    -pg. 38]]> 2018-11-29 16:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309373106 Isabella N. https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309373512 "As always, one of her books was next to her." Pg. 90 I think having her book next to her symbolizes kind of a safety net for Liesel since she is in a new place with new people. ]]> 2018-11-29 16:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309373512 Ava https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309375199 The grave digger’s book symbolizes the last time Liesel saw her mom and brother. 
Page 38]]> 2018-11-29 16:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309375199 Ryiah https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309375520 the gravedigger book from when her brother died.]]> 2018-11-29 16:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309375520 Briseida s1390271 https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309376060 Her hair was close enough brand of German blond,but she had dangerous eyes.
This shows that you can look good and innocent from the outside but still have a little edge to you. Pg 31.]]> 2018-11-29 16:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309376060 Maribel R. https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309377498 "He was a painter by trade and played the piano accordion. This came in handy, especially in winter, when he would make a little money playing in the pubs..." Pg. 33 This shows Han's passion and dedication.]]> 2018-11-29 16:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309377498 Ben Stephan https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309378358 Hans traded some of his very small stash of  cigarettes for 2 books for Liesel for Christmas. it symbolizes his love for her(he had a love for cigarettes, so this proves his love for Liesel)(pg.88)]]> 2018-11-29 16:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309378358 Demiah Turner https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309378652 When mama sends Liesel to pick up the laundry it symbolizes how people feel pity for children]]> 2018-11-29 16:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309378652 Fatima Maldonado https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309379424 "Sometimes she would whisper the word mama and see her mother's face a hundred times in a single afternoon." this shows how much she misses her mother and her past(Zusak 38).]]> 2018-11-29 16:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309379424 Brandon Walsh https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309379463 "Years earlier, the start was snow. The time had come. For one." (pg. 19) The cold weather symbolizes the worst time in Liesels life]]> 2018-11-29 16:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309379463 William Nerad https://padlet.com/michael_maxwell1/5lu5st4cr6qq/wish/309387002 The burning books represent the destruction of Jewish peoples ideas
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