The Book Thief: Personal Essay

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Reading a book is in many ways the same as exercising the muscles in your arm, as you are feeding your brain new information and ideas of life. Life is short and I believe that you should always be positive and do the things that you want without people telling you that you are wrong. The following Novels have taught me various aspects, which I have and still am using to make my life a memorable one as well as a positive one.

The Spud series is about a group of boys called the crazy eights that form a unique bond with each other and perform mischievous deeds at school, but yet grow together as they experience the life of young adults.

Make memories is something I have learned from the reading the Spud series. The spud series in many people’s …show more content…

I think a key factor to learn in ones life is to show appreciation for the things that you have as there many people living in the world, which does not have the wonderful opportunities that we have

The Book Thief is about a young Aryan Girl named Liesel Meminger who has a love for books and finds the need to feed her addiction by stealing books. The novel is narrated by death, which describes the beauty and destruction of living during the Nazi Era.

The Novel has changed my view of the life which I live as it has really opened my eyes to seeing how privileged I truly am. It also makes an individual realize that we should help the people around us as it can mean anything to that person such as the start to a new and better life. The novel teaches us to feed our passions and to ignore the ideas of others that may criticize it.

In my personal life it is something that I take seriously. I do what I feel is right and do what I want and try my best to not let others opinions effect what I do as I believe that it is every persons right to be happy with the thing they are passionate about. I believe that everyone should do their best to do what makes them happy and not live up to others expectations but your

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