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.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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