You never know what happens next in The Book Thief. Once more still in the beginning of the book, (I need to read more), many events are unfolding upon the poor German girl Liesel. Her brother being dead and her mother "Always sick, though there is never enough money to fix her" (Zusak 46), her mother has decided to give them to a foster home on a town called Himmel Street. The man narrating makes it a point that you know that this means heaven in German, and says this is ironic. I believe that this is foreshadowing future events that may unfold upon Liesel on that street.

The foster parents that have taken up Liesel are very worried about her mental state, because they were expecting a brother and a sister, and also Liesel would not get out of the car to go in the house, or much less even talk to them. As crowds gather to see the foster mother try to get her new child into the house some of them start to wonder, because the girl had dark blonde hair and brown eyes.

Not a good color of eyes to be in Germany, at the time. The crowd dispersed after the foster mother made a strongly worded announcement, and the child was eventually forced inside.

The foster mother is short, and seems almost unable to turn her upper body without her legs moving. She has a "almost distinctive waddle-like walk." The foster father was tall and inviting, he took Liesel outside, and taught her how to roll a tobacco cigarette. Liesel has to learn how to adapt to her new enviornment.

The Next "Chapter" of The Book Thief is confusing. The man's point of veiw clouds the real image of what's happening, because when you want to figure out what's happening in the main story, he constantly stares at something else, or other things that are happening, more important to him, and not so much the reader. What I was able to discern, is that this book is placed in the time of Hitler's rule. The girl and her small family are on a train, and they are going somewhere. If they are by themselves or not, It is impossible to tell. They are accompanied by German guards, who say very little. The man, (Possibly death), was there for the girl's brother. The train stopped, and waited while the girl and her mother buried the boy. there was a small ceremony, and that is where the girl found the book.
Nobody noticed when she took the book from the burial site, but it was dropped from one of the guards. at this, the man left, because his job was to ferry the boy's soul to the afterlife.

I have started the Book Thief and am currently very unsure of what is happening! The beginning is full of riddles and interesting statements. It is in first person from the point of veiw of a man I can't explain. It seems as though this man is death itself. "It suffices to say, that at some point in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away." I believe this is death stating that all people will eventually die, and he will come carry them away. He goes on to explain how it might happen, and wonders what color will everything be when he comes.

The man then explains how he knows the book thief, and that he has seen her three times. The third of which was during a bombing of a town where she was. "Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so lovlily you were tempted to stretch out your tounge to catch them, taste them." During this chaos, the book thief got stuck in her basement, surrounded by concrete and falling structure. The man says he wanted to kneel down, and say he's sorry, but that was not allowed. Her book was thrown out during the cleanup, even though orders were to clean rubble only. Her valued things were disposed of. That is when the man took the book from the garbage truck, and he has kept that book in one of his many pockets to this day.

This book looks interesting, after reading the prolouge, and I look forward to enjoying it's contents when I get the chance.

In the book Allegient the characters are reacting to something stunning

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The leader of the Amity (peaceful) faction, Johanna, has taken up arms against the ruthless dictator, who has sworn to destroy all of the factions inside of the city. The characters with Tris react to this in varying ways.

Tris herself is almost totally negligent and doesn't care about the uprising, currently she feels it is the past, and that she is detached from it. 

Four thinks it is amazing that the peace faction's leader is taking up arms against the dictator. Four feels that he will always belong to the city and that it is a part of him he cannot get rid of. 

Christine and Caleb aren't thinking of the fate of the city, they are more just awed of the Amity's aggression in this situation, as the faculty of the laboratory try to figure out why the peace faction has totally devoted themselves to war. The other characters have yet to receive this information, and all of these guys are wondering if they should tell them about it or let them find out on their own.