The Book Thief

I loved this book! One of my favorite parts in the book was when after Hans, who I absolutely love, left and Rosa falls asleep holding the accordian. It really touched me the way Leisel thought of Rosa after seeing her that way and decided that night that Rosa was beautiful. Throughout the whole book I could never decide if I liked Rosa or not, she seemed like she would be a pain to live with. After reading that part I realized, along with Leisel, how Rosa had always acted so rough natured because she needed to be due to the war and all that was going on at the time. Rosa needed to be strong to keep her family together during hard times and she did what she had to do to put food on the table. Anyone would be crabby if they had to work so hard.
After this scene I began to love Rosa and respect her. throughout the whole beginning of the book you are never really shown acts of love between Rosa and Hans, her language especially, but that night Rosa truly is beautiful because we see her in such a vulnerable state that we have not seen before.

The Book

Modern Art- Sunrise, Claude Monet

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1. When I look at this painting I see a bright sun, a black boat, beautiful orange sky, blue backgroung, other boats and unusual shapes in background, and finally the reflection of the sun in the water.

2.The artist uses mostly straight lines but moving in all different directions especially in the background. The lines are also for the most part short lines. The section on the top left is mostly vertical, the water is mostly horizontal, and the top right section is mostly vertical.

3.The colors in this piece is one of the main reasons I like it. The artist uses great color for the sun that contrasts with the blue water which makes the sun and it's reflection really stand out. The artist also uses many different colors in the water that are very harmonious and pleasing to look at.

4. There are not many shapes in the painting except for in the background there are triangles and the sun of course is a circle, the boats in the foreground also make a rectangular shape but for the most part everything blends together with no defining lines to make shapes.

5. The painting looks fairly flat, there is some dimension because the items on the background look shadowed but there is no vanishing point or other indicator of dimension.

6. The lighting in this painting clearly comes from behind the objects from the beautiful sun. All of the forms in the painting are one solid color making them look shadowed. The reflection of the sun and the other boats in the water really show the lighting as well. The lighting gives this painting a relaxed feel like the sun is setting and the day is ending it is very peaceful, like a sunset.

7. The artist pulls this piece together with color and lines. The colors in this piece I think are so beautiful and are even better together. The colors working well with eachother connects everything. The lines also make this painting look so nice by showing that there is something in the distance but not showing the viewer exactly what it is. The lines in the sky and water work well with eachother and the painting seems to flow with the sky and water both moving in the same direction it seems because of the lines.

8. This painting gives me a relaxing and peaceful mood. The beautiful colors and the bright sun give you a warm relaxing feeling like at a sunset. The apparent motion of the water and the clouds also give a relaxed feeling.