bombing of Himmel Street
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The bombing of Himmel Street is a devastating air raid in Markus Zusak's novel "The Book Thief" that destroys Liesel Meminger’s neighborhood and kills nearly everyone she loves.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air raid
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fictional event ⓘ plot event ⓘ |
| affectsCharacter |
Death
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Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Book Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | Markus Zusak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causes |
death of most of Liesel Meminger’s loved ones
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destruction of Himmel Street neighborhood ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInStory | near the end of the novel ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
devastating
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tragic ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | historical fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leadsTo |
Liesel’s later life in Sydney
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Liesel’s reunion with Max Vandenburg ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Death ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
climax
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tragic turning point ⓘ |
| occursDuringConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInCity | Molching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInCountry | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInFictionalLocation | Himmel Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYearOfWork | 2005 GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOfSeriesOfEvents | Allied bombing raids over Germany (fictionalized) ⓘ |
| prefiguredBy | Death’s earlier foreshadowing ⓘ |
| readerImpact |
catharsis
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heightened awareness of civilian suffering in war ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 1940s ⓘ |
| survivor |
Alex Steiner
NERFINISHED
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Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Vandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Holtzapfel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeRelatedTo |
death
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loss ⓘ survival ⓘ the power of words ⓘ war ⓘ |
| victim |
Hans Hubermann
NERFINISHED
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Rosa Hubermann NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudy Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Steiner family members ⓘ residents of Himmel Street ⓘ |
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