THE BOOK THIEF Prologue, Part One (cont.)
II. Personification-Personification is a device in which an author grants human quali-
ties to nonhuman objects or concepts. For example, in this novel. death is personified
and given the attributes of thoughts and emotions:
I buckled-I became interested. In the girl. Curiosity got the
better of me, and I resigned myself to stay as long as my schedule
allowed, and I watched.
How does the use of personification shape the reader's reactions to Death? What is
surprising or unexpected about the author's personification of this universal condition?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which phrase from the declaration of independence best relates to anthony's theme of equal rights for all people? a. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness b . to secure these, governments are instituted among men c. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed d. endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights

In romeo and juliet who are romeos parents