Claim
Throughout The Book Thief, Zusak associates music with tragedy.
Evidence
Quote: One of Hans’s favorite parts of the Great War was "the music. Always the music” (Zusak 175)
Evidence
Quote: Max calls Hitler “the conductor” (Zusak 279)
Reasoning:
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Zusak connects music to both the past violence of World War I and the present suffering caused by Hitler.
This reference to Hitler as "the conductor" appears in the first book that Max creates for Liesel (Zusak 279).
Zusak uses Hans’ accordion as a symbol of death throughout the novel.
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Zusak connects music to both the past violence of World War I and the present suffering caused by Hitler.
Claim
In Fahrenheit 451, Beatty projects his own ideas about books and their emotional effects onto Montag.
Evidence
Quote: Beatty says to Montag, “Read a few lines [of a book] and off you go over the cliff. Bang, you’re ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority. I know, I’ve been through it all” (Bradbury 102)
Reasoning
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While Beatty thinks that reading literature makes Montag feel guilty, Montag actually feels freed by the act.
Beatty falsely assumes that reading makes Montag violent, just as it did him.
In this instance, Beatty reveals that he also finds his society’s authority figures to be worth challenging.
In Fahrenheit 451, Beatty projects his own ideas about books and their emotional effects onto Montag.
Evidence
Quote: Beatty says to Montag, “Read a few lines [of a book] and off you go over the cliff. Bang, you’re ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority. I know, I’ve been through it all” (Bradbury 102)
Reasoning
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While Beatty thinks that reading literature makes Montag feel guilty, Montag actually feels freed by the act.
Beatty falsely assumes that reading makes Montag violent, just as it did him.
In this instance, Beatty reveals that he also finds his society’s authority figures to be worth challenging.
Beatty falsely assumes that reading makes Montag violent, just as it did him.
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