The Thief Lord
When the Thief Lord and he’s band of misfit orphans accepts Barbossa’s mysterious job from “The Conte”, he gets a picture of a wooden wing from a magical Merry-Go-Round and an address. He’s set to rob Ida Spavento, a photographer and former orphan herself. Victor, the detective following Prosper and Bos trail, catches onto the Thief Lords plans and follows the orphans back to the abandoned theatre “The Star Palace”, he then searches for the owner of the theatre, Dottor Massimo, a millionaire. Victor makes he way to Dottor’s mansion to buy the theatre, he’s offar is refused. But, there he discovers a boy, who looks similar to the Thief Lord, named Scipio Massimo. “He quickly lowered his head, but Victor had already recognized him. His hair was tied back in a tight little ponytail and his eyes didn’t look quite as arrogant as they had before, but there could be no doubt: This was the boy who had so innocently asked Victor the time, just before he and his friends had tricked him” (Funke, Chapter 17, page 114.) Victor makes his way back to the theatre where he is captured by the orphans and taken hostage. After hearing the boy’s story, Victor comes to the conclusion the boys are better off on there own, and agrees to keep their secret, and sends their Aunt on a wild goose chace.
Meanwhile, the Thief Lord and his band of thieves set up to lob Ida’s household. They are caught by Ida’s housemaid and then are...
The woman I met spoke pragmatically about avoiding crime in the city and this, more than anything else, depicted the prevalence of crime that, having grown up in a much smaller town, I had never experienced. The unbreakable grips that New York City’s denizens maintained on their belongings while engulfed in throngs of people suddenly made absolute sense in a way that I felt almost uncomfortable with. “Young Lions” also illuminates the frequency of crime in cities and, perhaps more disturbingly, the forethought individuals devote to stealing from others. While following Anna, Caesar explains that “for two months he had secretly placed himself in her life, doing all the scoping out, the drudgery that had once been up to Sherman” (Jones 63). This passage depicts the effort Caesar commits to stealing from a woman attempting to simply get through her
...the reality of the impacts of his actions really brings out his hidden wicked traits. The adults even played a game of soldiers draw to decide who would kill the boy. Pino was chosen, and as the end of the book neared so did Filippo’s life, if not for Michele who took the bullet instead.
John Small, a fourteen year old boy in Uptown St. Paul, proceeds into the Suburban World Cinema, anxious to see Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant. He is equipped with a parental note, replete with the phone number where his parents can be reached to verify that they did indeed author the note should its authenticity be questioned. John pushes seven crumpled-up dollar bills and the folded note into the metal dugout under the box office window, only to be met with a tinny, disinterested voice booming through the round silver speaker mounted on the window: "No children under seventeen allowed! Sorry. This note isn't gonna cut it."
...s Antonio, and she teaches him to look beyond what he first sees. She shows that everything connects, that even his parents’ different live styles rely on each other. Her recognition of this connection “profoundly changes a boy who has lived in fear of his environment” (Novoa 4). This lesson is repeated throughout the novel.
He sold the most raffle tickets at school last year, and won a prize. He wants to sell more chocolates than anyone else. He decided to make a list of all the people he would ask to buy the chocolates. Sulkey is pleased about the fifty box quota because it means most of the other boys would have a hard time making that quota. There is a jump forward in time, to a role call a few days later. As the names get closer to "R" the class gets tense. Leon, as he does every day, calls for Renault, and Renault says no. Goober sees Brother Leon's hand trembling as he marks in his book, and "he had a terrible feeling of doom about to descend on all of them."
One day her family comes home and they realise that they have been robbed and because they don't have enough money for contents insurance all of their laptops and jewellery had been stolen!! For a while Eleanor and her grandma start writing snail mail to each other. Eventually Eleanor moves on from Will and starts to help her parents to save money for a new phone. Her mom owns an event planning business so Eleanor decides to help her mom. Soon her real best friend (Carmelita) comes down from Queensland to be with Eleanor as she has no friends anymore and to go to the school dance with her. At the school dance Bianca Ponsford gets in trouble and has to get sent home but she goes missing in the lake. Carmelita and Eleanor go looking for Bianca for hours. Their dresses and shoes are ruined! As Eleanor did not have a phone they went looking for the nearest pay phone but it was clogged with chewing gum. By that time they were really cold. Soon they saw police lights flashing coming towards them. Then both the girls went back to Eleanor's house and had hot
As the story begins, the reader is immediately told of Victor’s noble stature in society as he states “I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic” (Shelly 14). His family was constantly travelling when he was younger and his parents devoted all their affection towards him. As he grew older, his desire for knowledge leads him to travel abroad so he could earn the best education. Victor was born into a happy, enjoyable, and wealthy life, but still strived to excel at everything in his life. The passion he expresses towards bettering himself in the means of knowledge connects the reader to him. Everyone has goals, and seeing someone push themselves to the limits to achieve them gives a sense of hope. Unfortunately, Victor’s lust for knowledge go...
After the convict had been arrested, Pip and Joe goes back home to finish their Christmas Dinner. They left before hand because the policed asked the two to participate to look for the convict. Pip tells the story to the people that were at the christmas dinner. Pip doesn't feel right about what had happened when the police caught the convict because he probably wasn't telling the truth.
Point2: Victor feels so much despair and guilt over his brother’s death and the trial of Justine. He thinks the monster did the murder but he does not tell anyone because he does not want anyone to think ill of him.
...ind their little cousins wallet in Hoyt’s pocket. This is Hoyt’s ticket out of here, explaining to the men that earlier in the day he had saved her from being raped single-handedly, Alonzo standing close by lighting a cigarette. Later that night Alonzo is murdered by the Russian mafia because Hoyt tips them off as to where he is going, again the criminal taken down in street justice.
...rial to further educate himself his presence scares a small child shown in a QUOTE WITH CHILD CRYING. Victor’s monster means well, but wishes he didn’t have to have an indirect connection with the families and that he would be accepted for who he was on the inside and outside alike.
”I don’t know Frank! Do you expect that men who abducted our boy left a business card? Three suits came to the door and asked to talk. Assuming they were salesmen I said no. I’m not sure who they were but they forced their way in, and I hit my head on the mantel. A couple of hours ago I found myself in an empty house. I don’t know what happened!“ Julia turns away as if ashamed.
Death states 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” (Zusak 491). This book shows us human doing things that weren’t even imaginable before this point. Many people give into ideas that were lies. But, we also watch a few people go out of their way and sacrifice everything for a man they barely even know. They do everything they can to keep him safe and alive. They work harder, the get another job, and they even steal. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, death examines the ugliness and the beauty of humans.
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match his son's real identity the son could struggle to find who he is. Ultimately, Giovanni’s