The Power of Words in The Book Thief, a Novel by Markus Zusak

This essay is about Markus Zusak's The Book Thief and how powerful words can be. The author discusses how Liesel Meminger, Max Vandenburg, Hans Hubbermann, and Ilsa Hermann had stronger relationships because of the words spoken. In addition, the essay's author mentions the challenges of dealing with death and foster relationships while also noting how characters bond over books and libraries. The Book Thief is set during the time of Hitler and World War II, so the author of the essay also highlights how Hitler only needed to use words to form a strong movement of Nazis.

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"A foundational part of a paper is its organization. It needs to have an introduction with a clear and concise thesis statement, followed by a body that aligns with the thesis statement and a conclusion that summarizes the main points made in the body of the paper and connects to the thesis statement. While the organization of your essay is off to a good start, the thesis statement in your introduction is somewhat disorganized. This lack of clear organization from the beginning also made it less clear what the purpose of your paper was and whether you stayed focused throughout the body of your essay. Another way that your paper appears to be disorganized is by writing about one thought, moving on to another idea, and then coming back to the first thought. Try to create more cohesiveness in your writing by smoothly moving from one idea to another. For the most part, the content of your paper appears to be organized. Something that is confusing is why you mention Hitler when you do in the introduction and conclusion. While it is clear that you are trying to compare, it is not clear why the comparison is needed in those places. Overall, the formatting of your paper is neat and is not impacting reader comprehension. There are a couple of spots where the spacing between lines and the margin size are inconsistent. You did a fantastic job with conventions, with only a few punctuation and sentence structure errors."

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