https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o en-us 2018-02-23 13:58:20 UTC 2025-10-25 14:40:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236376949 2018-02-28 13:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236376949 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378280 Hans as a Hero: Hans is portrayed as a hero throughout the novel.  Why it so important for there to be a hero in this story? Examine not only the ways that Hans is portrayed as a hero, but also examine how he becomes heroic for various characters and/or groups in the novel. 

]]> 2018-02-28 13:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378280 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378298 -"No one had ever given her music before. She would grin herself stupid" (37) 
- ""Then there was his other savior. It was the accordion that most likely spared him from total ostracism." (183)
- "Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out." (537)
- " Rosa was sitting with the accordion, praying. 'Make them come back alive,'  she repeated. 'Please, Lord, please. All of them.'  Even the wrinkles around her eyes were joining hands." (474)
- "She didn't see him watching as he played, having no idea that Hans Hubermann's accordion was a story." (71)]]> 2018-02-28 13:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378298 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378303 2018-02-28 13:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378303 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378312 " he came every night and sat with her. the first couple of times he simply stayed-a stranger to kill the aloneness. a few nights after that, he whispered, "shhh, im here , its all right." P.-36]]> 2018-02-28 13:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378312 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378351 "Papa reached into his paint cart and pulled something out. He made his way through the people, onto the road. The Jew stood before him, expecting another handful of derision, but he watched with everyone else as Hans Hubermann held his hand out and presented a piece of bread, like magic. ]]> 2018-02-28 13:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378351 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378379 "They were made of kindness, and silver. Like soft silver, melting. Liesel, upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hans Huberman was worth a lot." (34)]]> 2018-02-28 13:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378379 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378450 "


]]> 2018-02-28 13:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378450 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378700 When Liesel first comes to the Hubermann's, she has nightmares. But Hans comforts her, "...he whispered 'Shhh, I'm here, it's all right.' After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. THe girl knew from the outset that Hans Hubermann would always appear midscream, and he would not leave."]]> 2018-02-28 13:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378700 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378863 2018-02-28 13:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236378863 BEBWN https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379046 Liesel's reading to the people during the bombings]]> 2018-02-28 13:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379046 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379086 "Hans Hubermann didn't gloat when he won. He was even generous enough to give each colleague one of his cigarettes back and light it for them" (464)]]> 2018-02-28 13:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379086 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379145 " The jew was whipped six times. On his back, his head, and his legs. You filth! You swine! Blood dripped now from his ear. Then it was papas turn." (394)]]> 2018-02-28 13:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379145 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379340 "The words clobbered her in the back" (53)]]> 2018-02-28 13:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379340 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379707 when he turned the light on in the small callous washroom that night,liesel observed the strangeness of her foster fathers eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. Like soft silver, melting. Liesel, upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hans Hubermann was worth alot.]]> 2018-02-28 13:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379707 BEBWN https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379794 "'He's not dead yet.' The words landed on the table and positioned themselves in the middle." (330)]]> 2018-02-28 13:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379794 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379841 2018-02-28 13:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379841 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379996 "The sound of the accordion was,in fact, also the announcement of safety." (38)

]]> 2018-02-28 13:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236379996 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380080 I'm always finding humans at their ]]> 2018-02-28 13:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380080 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380398 P53 ¨the words clobbered her in the back¨]]> 2018-02-28 13:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380398 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380409 "Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brough Hans Huberman, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her, to love her." (36)

Also, on page 86, Liesel asks Hans if they could finish the book and even though Hans is  extremely tired, he continues reading for Liesel and they finish the book together at 3am.]]> 2018-02-28 13:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380409 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380496 All that was really left of Erik Vandenburg was a few personal items and the fingerprinted accordion. Everything but the instrument was sent home. It was considered to big.(176)]]> 2018-02-28 13:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380496 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380497 (164) "Don't remind me." But Rudy Steiner couldn't resist smiling. In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer- proof agin of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil, just add water."]]> 2018-02-28 13:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380497 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380585 "She had seen her brother die with one eye open,  one still in a dream"(p.520)]]> 2018-02-28 13:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380585 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380616 "He came every night ans sat with her. The first couple of times,he simply stayed-a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered, ' Shh, I'm right here, it's all right.' After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. The girl knew from the outset that Hans Hubermann would always appear midscream, and he would not leave." (36-37)]]> 2018-02-28 13:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380616 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380864 2018-02-28 13:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380864 22dagarwal https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380964 "The words were flung at her, landing somewhere on the concrete step" (270)]]> 2018-02-28 13:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236380964 BEBWN https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381253 "Liesel, however, did not buckle. She sprayed her words directly into the woman's eyes." (262)]]> 2018-02-28 13:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381253 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381519 ***QUESTION ONE***
"Hans Hubermann"
***QUESTION ONE***
"Do you still play the accordion?"
(173)]]> 2018-02-28 13:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381519 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381557 "When was the last time we took these rats out for some fresh air?"]]> 2018-02-28 13:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381557 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381970 pg 164. " In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a steeler-proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good so much evil just add water." ]]> 2018-02-28 13:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236381970 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382133 262 Liesel yelling at the mayors wife


]]> 2018-02-28 13:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382133 BEBWN https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382227 "Both items, however, were the last things on her mind. She was home, among the mayor's books of every color and description, with their silver and gold lettering. She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her."]]> 2018-02-28 13:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382227 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382258 "Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Han Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her, to love her. He came in every night and sat with her. The first couple of times he simply stayed-- a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after the that, he whispered, "Shhh, I'm here , it's alright."" PAGE 36]]> 2018-02-28 13:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382258 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382713 Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. when he looks at me and smiles and, I hear the notes.(527)]]> 2018-02-28 13:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382713 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382898 "to prove to myself that you and your human existence are worth it." - Death
"I'm haunted by humans." 
-Death
"I'm always finding humans at their best and their worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both."
-Death]]> 2018-02-28 13:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382898 22dagarwal https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382953 "the words were visible. they dropped from his moth like jewels." (254)]]> 2018-02-28 13:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382953 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382997 "The accordions scratched yet shiny black exterior came back and forth as his arms squeezed the dusty bellows, making it suck in the air and throw it back out." (38)]]> 2018-02-28 13:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236382997 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383175 "The sound of the accordion was, in fact, also the announcement of safety".]]> 2018-02-28 13:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383175 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383372 "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be asking such things...." she let the sentence die it's own death. (145)]]> 2018-02-28 13:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383372 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383465 2018-02-28 13:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383465 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383549 When it came down to it, one of them called the shots. The other did what he was told. The question is, what if the other is a lot more than one?]]> 2018-02-28 13:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383549 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383593 " hans hubermann sat sleepy eyed on the bed and liesel would cry into his sleeves and breath him in. Every morning, just after two o'clock, she fell asleep to the smell of him." p.37]]> 2018-02-28 13:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383593 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383634 2018-02-28 14:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236383634 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384107 "'Because I want to kill him.' ... 'Did you hear that, you bastards?' ... 'I want to kill the fuhrer!'"]]> 2018-02-28 14:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384107 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384165 "When she came to write her story, she would wonder exactly when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything" (30) ]]> 2018-02-28 14:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384165 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384459 “I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate."]]> 2018-02-28 14:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384459 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384707 "You are either for the Fuhrer and against him" (105)]]> 2018-02-28 14:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384707 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384836 "In years to come, he would be a giver of bread not a steeler,-proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good so much evil just add water." pg 164 

]]> 2018-02-28 14:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384836 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384945 Just past three o'clock they finished it and only the final chapter."respecting the graveyard" remanied papa his silver eyes swollen in there tiredness and his face awash with wiskers, shut the book and expected the left overs of his sleep. He didn't get them. (86)]]> 2018-02-28 14:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236384945 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236385020 The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.]]> 2018-02-28 14:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236385020 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236385041 " in 1933, 90 percent of germans showed unflinching support for Adolf Hilter. That leaves 10 percent who didnt. hans hubermann belonged to the 10 percent. pg. 63]]> 2018-02-28 14:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236385041 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386315 "Papa bent himself into a crouching position, then rose and placed his hand on her head. He stroked her hair with his rough long fingers and said, ' Of course not, Liesel. You are safe.'" (127)]]> 2018-02-28 14:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386315 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386391 2018-02-28 14:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386391 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386479 "Hans moved closer and stuck his head inside. "Do you need some help?" Mr. Kleinmann looked up. A dust broom was fixed powerlessly to his hand. "No, Hans. Please. Go away." Hans had painted Joel Kleinmann's house the previous year. He remembered his 3 children. He could see their faces]]> 2018-02-28 14:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386479 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386488 "I'm always finding humans at their best and their worst," concludes Death, narrator of the new film, The Book Thief, "I see their ugliness and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both."

]]> 2018-02-28 14:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386488 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386547 2018-02-28 14:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386547 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386580 You could argue that Liesel Meminger had it easy. She did have it easy compared to Max Vandenburg. Certainly, her brother had practically died in her arms. Her mother abandoned her. But anything was better than being a Jew.]]> 2018-02-28 14:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386580 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386611 2018-02-28 14:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236386611 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387446 "Do you still play the accordion?"
Of course, the question was really, "Will you help me?"
(185]]> 2018-02-28 14:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387446 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387554 "I am haunted by humans."]]> 2018-02-28 14:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387554 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387621 “They were French, they were Jews, and they were you.”]]> 2018-02-28 14:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387621 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387789 2018-02-28 14:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387789 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387951 (274) ]]> 2018-02-28 14:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236387951 BEBWN https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236388416 "Max and Liesel were held together by the quiet gathering of words." (248)]]> 2018-02-28 14:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236388416 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236388820 2018-02-28 14:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/236388820 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/237383243 2018-03-02 13:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/237383243 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/238589825 "The day had been a great one, and Nazi Germany was a wondrous place." PG 156]]> 2018-03-06 13:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/238589825 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/238590689 "When Liesel left that day, she said something with great uneasiness. In translation, two giant words were struggled with, carried on her shoulder, and dropped as a bungling pair at Ilsa Hermann's feet. THey fell off sideways as the girl veered with them and could no longer sustain their weight. Together, they sat on the floor, large and loud and clumsy. I'm sorry." 146]]> 2018-03-06 13:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/238590689 22dagarwal https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/239637809 2018-03-08 13:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/239637809 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/239723088 2018-03-08 15:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/239723088 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/239723366 2018-03-08 15:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/239723366 https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/240149078 2018-03-09 14:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_c_brown/ekkqb5jvk19o/wish/240149078