I am reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It is about a young girl, Liesel Meminger, who is in a war stricken Germany, with Hilter as a leader. She is the foster daughter of the Hubermanns, Rosa and Hans, whose parenting styles differ extremely. Rosa believes in punishment in the degree of yelling and hitting, usually with wooden spoons, Hans likes to nurture Liesel by giving her love and might yell a little, but only if it is helping her grow. I think that Ruth, from The Color of Water is a good mix of these two parenting styles. It mentions that sometimes she gives them slappings or hits them with a belt, but she is also very loving towards them.
This book is extremely interesting. At first I didn’t think that I would enjoy it but it talks more about Liesel than what is happening during the time period. I like that the narrator tells us what the characters feel but also his opinions, and I like that the story jumps a little because it’s realistic, no one ever gets through a whole story without being interrupted or changes to a different story or gives background about their story. I also like the narrator because his balance of humor and tragedy Is good.
I have heard a lot of people say they like this book and I really want to read it. That is a good connection because there were multiple examples in TCOW in which Ruth was either strict or loving. I am surprised the two parents are married if they're that different. I have read I am the Messenger also by Markus Zusak and agree with his balance of comedy and drama, somewhat similar to Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteI really like this post, its interesting to read what you like about it because it helps me decide if I want to put the effort in to actually read it.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great post and it makes me want to read this book. I think it is so awesome that you connected the to the TCOW because it shows you really understand and are able to connect novels to each other. It is sad though that Liesel's foster parent is somewhat abusive, being that these peolple chose to have children live with them.
ReplyDeleteI like your post, It's neat how you compared this book to The Color of Water so we can see the simularities in the parenting styles. I'm glad you are enjoyig the book.
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