Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:
Identify three acts of resistance (large or small) demonstrated in the novel "The Book Thief". Why do you think the author included these examples?
Answer:
- Rudy rejecting associations favorable to Hitler, even those formed by young people.
- Hans destroying anti-Semitist paintings.
- Hans hiding a Jew.
The author includes these examples to show that there were people who were not supportive of Nazism.
Explanation:
"The Book Thief" is a novel that portrays moments from the second world war, mainly moments focused on anti-Semitism, Hitler's rise and influence and the Holocaust. The story takes a stand against all the terror caused by Nazism and shows characters that not only take a stand against Nazism that provoke acts of resistance to this type of philosophy such as:
- Rudy rejecting associations favorable to Hitler, even those formed by young people.
- Hans destroying anti-Semitist paintings.
- Hans hiding a Jew.
If I’m remembering right it’s B
What evidence from the text best supports the theme that the roles of women are defined by society?
"You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient knowledge to judge of the means you used."
"But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me, because you don't understand how to act on your own responsibility?"
"I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes."
"You must not think anymore about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me."
Answer:
"I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes."
Explanation:
The evidence from the text that best supports the theme that the roles of women are defined by society is "I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes.".
Traditionally, the role of women has been looked at as one that needs guidance from her husband and one who needs to perform the role of a wife dutifully, it is what society expects of her. So, the correct answer is option C.
