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Analyzing Quotes

Analyzing Quotes. Tuesday, September 13 th. Why analyze a quote?. Provides greater insight into the text Provides greater insight into the characters Provides greater amounts of fun . “Like most misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84).

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Analyzing Quotes

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  1. Analyzing Quotes Tuesday, September 13th

  2. Why analyze a quote? • Provides greater insight into the text • Provides greater insight into the characters • Provides greater amounts of fun 

  3. “Like most misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84).

  4. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 1: What does this sentence mean? • To me, this quote means that before a situation becomes miserable, it appears to be a happy one. • A miserable situation originally seems to be a happy situation.

  5. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 2: Who said this quote? • The narrator, Death.

  6. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 3: Does this fit with what we know about the character/narrator thus far? • Yes, I think it does fit because Death has introduced general contradictions and negative aspects of life before. It is an example of Death’s authority over the story (omniscient narrator).

  7. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 4: How does the quote connect to the text? Cite examples before and after the quote. • Before: Liesel was excited about beginning school, but then when she was tested by Sister Maria. She becomes embarrassed because she cannot read well. • After: Liesel wanted to write letters to her birth mother as part of her class assignment, but later she finds out that her mother never responds.

  8. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 5: How does the quote relate to the greater events in the novel? • This story takes place as Hitler rises to power. At first, the German people were happy to have a new leader to bring them out of a depression, but we discover that Hitler brought death and destruction to the country.

  9. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 6: What figurative language is present? • Foreshadowing

  10. “Like all misery, it all started with apparent happiness” (84). • Step 7: How does this connect to the theme of the novel? • This quote relates to the theme that appearances can be deceiving. One event or person may seem positive, but in reality, it/he/she has a negative influence on the outcome of an event. For example, Liesel is excited to go to school, but she does not consider the fact that other students will make fun of her because she doesn’t know how to read and write at their level. Once she gets more information, she learns that school is not what she thought it was.

  11. What’s that? You want to try it, too?Okay! • In your groups, work together to analyze the specified quote. Complete your sheet by working through the steps together. Use each other as resources!

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