Peter
Anniara still wasn’t home, she wasn’t the kind to have one night stands but then again she wasn’t exactly in the right state of mind. I tried calling her a bunch of times but her phone was switched off.
“Hello, Petty.” Anniara said walking in.
She was in yesterday’s crumpled clothes; her hair was in a messy bun but honestly she looked like a supermodel as she sauntered into the room.
“Where were you last night?”
“Is Logan still here?” she asked going to her bedroom.
“He left this morning after you didn’t seem like you were going to show up.”
“I stayed over at a friend’s house.” She said going to the bathroom with her towel and a fresh pair of clothes.
I waited for the shower to turn on before I left her room closing the door behind me. James was at his sister’s place and Sienna was at work, so I had the house pretty much to myself for now. I decided to cook some breakfast before Anniara got out the shower.
I turned around and walked back into Anniara’s room. I banged on the bathroom door.
“Anniara open up right now!”
She opened the door a moment later, she hadn’t gotten into the shower yet as she was still dry which was perfect.
“Put your clothes on” I told her
I left the room and grabbed the car keys before walking back to her room. She was still standing there with her towel wrapped around her. I waved my hands in front her face.
“What’s going on?” she asked
“Put your clothes on, we have to go somewhere.”
“Where?”
“Just trust me”
She closed the bathroom door and opened it five minutes later fully dressed, and hair done in a lose pony tail. She followed me out the apartment and to the garage. I got inside the driver’s seat; she raised her eyebrows before getting into the passenger seat. She asked me again where ...
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...ed her head and we both jumped of the cliff and into the water.
Chapter 3
Anniara
I swam deep into the river, losing myself in the water. Petty’s question was stuck in my head. Why didn’t I love him anymore? When I was younger, I made a list with Sienna. In this list we both wrote down every quality we wanted our dream man to have. And that’s how I knew that I should’ve loved him. After all he was everything I wanted, ticked every box. But for some reason I’d stopped wanting to love him. I’d began to see him for what he was, a mere friend. There could be no future between us and even if there could be I didn’t want one. He was Logan my first crush, my first infatuation. I don’t know where this sudden clarity came from. Maybe it was because there was suddenly a chance, he loved me like I had once wanted him to and that’s all it took for me to know that I didn’t.
The general setting and time of The Book Thief is roughly from 1939 to 1943. The rough summary of the bulk of the book is about a young girl named Liesel, who she and her mother are on a train, when suddenly her brother Werner dies. They get off immediately at the next stop to bury him. One of the gravediggers had a book in his hand, but he drops it, and Liesel picks it up. Liesel and her mother keep going to Munich, then to a place called Molching. When her parents are sick, Liesel needs to be put with foster parents. She is put with a couple named Hans and Roma. Liesel has nightmares about her brother who died on the train, when she first arrives at the Hubermann’s house and she would wake up screaming. Liesel goes to a school, where she is made study with the younger children because she is behind in her education. Liesel turns ten in February, and is given a doll by the her foster parents. She also gets a uniform, and is enrolled in the Hitler. Her foster mother starts taking Liesel with her when she gets washing from the neighbors in Molching, and when Liesel is old enough she is going to start doing the same thing also.
I escaped and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I
“I am haunted by humans.” (Zusak 550). Being narrated by Death, The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is a novel about an orphan, named Liesel Meminger, who moves in with the Hubermanns in Himmel (Heaven) Street. While she is there, she plunders books from libraries and book burnings during the horrors of World War II. Liesel Meminger’s desire to read helps her deal with the incidents around her and gain insight about the power of words while her insecurity helps her create connections with the beneficent people.
“Yep” she said as she opened her apartment door and walked inside without speaking another word.
Ever since I was a child, I've never liked reading. Every time I was told to read, I would just sleep or do something else instead. In "A Love Affair with Books" by Bernadete Piassa tells a story about her passion for reading books. Piassa demonstrates how reading books has influenced her life. Reading her story has given me a different perspective on books. It has showed me that not only are they words written on paper, they are also feelings and expressions.
She tried it on and open the door to get her opened and then went back into the dressing room.
Ray Bradbury was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and amongst other things an early achiever. Deciding at a young age he wanted to be an author, Ray started his career by selling newspapers on street corners. Becoming a fulltime author in 1943, Bradbury is most known for Fahrenheit 451 published ten years later. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel following the actions and thoughts of the protagonist, Guy Montag. In Montag’s world the distribution, buying, and owning books is illegal, if found with one the holder’s house will be burned down by the city’s firefighters. Despite being a firefighter himself, Guy feels remorse for burning down houses and wishes to find the answer to why books are banned. Authors are most likely to include specific actions and themes in their writing to convince the author it is a dystopia. These characteristics might include, using propaganda, information, independent thought and freedom are restricted, a worshipped concept/figurehead, constant surveillance, fear of the outside world, dehumanized state, distrusted natural world, uniform expectations, and illusions of a perfect Utopian world. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses propaganda, fear and constant surveillance to depict the theme books should not be censored because knowledge is power.
It was about five hours later that Nick appeared in the doorway with the girl. His hand grabbing her elbow again. She looked so scared. Her brown eyes darker with fear and she was nervously squeezing her hands into fists. Nick had annouced the girl was up in order to get my attention, but it managed to get the attention of Hayden and Cayden too. I got up from the couch and walked over to stand infront of her. My eyes met hers for a second and I smiled before pointing at Nick.
“Anyway you are going to be late to class.” He checked his watch “And thanks to you, so am I.”
I just nodded and jogged to my room. Once in, I packed up what little items I had in my backpack. Honestly, it was just my clothes and a picture frame of my parents and I.
She opened her mouth, but then to my surprise closed it quickly again and stomped back up the stairs to her room.
I pulled into the driveway and staggered into the loud, large and mysterious place. I was surprised at how many people were there. It could have been about twenty or so. I would not know because I am not highly educated. My education actually collapsed after being involved with you. I put all my attention and focus towards you. I can’t count the amount of times I missed class or skipped school. Whilst thinking of this, a young girl came strolling over. She had dark, long hair, brown eyes and a slim figure nearly identical to my own appearance. She wore a white garment matched with pure, silk shoes. Her glamour attracted people from all directions. She looked about twenty five years old.
A few minutes later, my mom woke me up and we went into a room. There
DO YOU THINK BOOKS ARE STILL A RICH SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN THE TIME OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA?