If we are labeled at birth, is that what we grow into? Sometimes we have no choice regarding who we are. It’s not fair to judge and treat people differently due to who they are and what they are, especially when they have no control over it. “L’orientamento sessuale non e una scelta” translates into “sexual orientation is not a choice”. Some people may believe this isn’t true, and that you can just change your ways, but they’re wrong. You are born into who you are. If you are born homosexual, then you are homosexual. There is no changing that. So why do people continue to treat them differently due to who they are? If you are born a Jew, then you are a Jew. There is no changing that. So why do people continue to treat them differently due to who they are? In the novel, The Book Theif, all the Jews are being treated differently. Even if they did not want to be a Jew anymore, but they still had Jewish family history, they were still treated differently. How is this fair? How is it fair to treat someone a certain way due to something they were born into. Something that they had no control over. The character, Hans Huberman, who isn’t a Jew, still gets treated differently for something that he belives in. He believes in equality and fairness. He thinks everyone should get treated with respect, including the Jews. He may not be a Jew, but still gets treated differently for being their friend. What possible reasoning could one come up with for thinking this was fair and okay? And why does it really matter? Does it really matter if you are homosexual or not? Or does it really matter if you are a Jew or not? These things do matter, but we shouldn’t depend on them to decide who gets better treatment. It is something you are born into and have no control over. Inequality treatment happens everyday and will most likely continue to happen in the future. But that shouldn’t take control over who we really are. We should be proud of who we are. Everyone is born differently and brings different things into this world to keep it diverse. Why would we want to change that? Everyone, no matter who they are born into, deserves equal treatment to keep this diverse world rolling.
In The Book Thief, Liesel the main character of the book is labeled by her teacher and classmates as being simply minded. They have giving her this label because at the age on ten when she arrived to the town she was illiterate. Simply because of that one fact they instantly put that label on her, without giving her a chance to explain why she hasn’t been taught to read or write yet. This is a good example of the old saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. As the book progresses Liesel turners out to be quite a good reader once given the opportunity and chance to learn.
I completely agree with what Leah previously stated. I feel that Liesel was wrongfully judged from the very beginning, not being able read and write was a huge disadvantage for Liesel. Her classmates, friends, teachers and even her own “mother” instantly and unfairly put a label on her. A label that implied Liesels ignorance and lack of education made her a stupid individual. To refer back to the photo, today’s society has given the homosexual lifestyle understanding and tolerance, and years ago many things weren’t as accepted as they are now, there was no “grey area”, only black and white. Unfortunately, this book is dated back into the times where people’s opinions were either right or wrong.
The picture saw before hand is immortally wrong. Having a label as soon as you come into this harsh day and age can make a huge impact on who you grow up to be. In the picture the child was labeled as a Homosexual. In today’s society people can take it in two way. There’s good, and they’res bad. The character Rudy wants to be just like the famous runner Jesse Owens. Rudy is white, while Jesse is black. Rudy’s father then makes a big scene because back in 1939 it was like being German or Jewish. People should not be labeled. If we were meant to be labeled they would be attached to our backs like shirts. Individuality, something everybody has. Embrace it and use it wisely because individuality means to be different from everyone else. If we were meant to be like each other , our world would get real dull, real fast so over-come being labeled by being the one person you are best. Yourself.
I think this picture relates to The Book Thief because Liesel is labeled as stupid at first by her classmates because she can’t read or write like they do, the Jews are labeled and said to be bad people when they are just as human as the Germans, and Liesel’s mother is labeled as a communist. Everyone is labeled and judged at first glance by others, it’s human nature. It’s just the way some people act on their judgment that makes it hurtful. A homosexual child and a straight child could act the same, but be treated different just because of their orientation. It’s the same with the Jews. A Jewish man and a German man could act exactly the same, but the Jew would be treated different just because of the way he was raised. Unfair as it is, there will always be one person that is against your sexual orientation, race, or religion.
This baby in the image is just an infinite, doesn’t even have the mind capacity yet to know their sexuality and is already labeled that way, being labeled that right away can affect how you act and how you will turn out to be. Just like Liesel when she moved to Himmel Street and they found out she was illiterate, they automatically labeled her as “non -intelligent” because she is 10 year old and couldn’t read or write; even her “Mama” wrongly labeled her that way, but really she never had the chance to be taught. But as the book goes on Liesel moves past this stereotype everyone wrongly put on her and turns out to be a very intelligent girl that loves to read and write with her “Papa” that actually gave her the chance to learn and prove them all wrong.
If we are labeled at birth, is that what we grow into? Sometimes we have no choice regarding who we are. It’s not fair to judge and treat people differently due to who they are and what they are, especially when they have no control over it. “L’orientamento sessuale non e una scelta” translates into “sexual orientation is not a choice”. Some people may believe this isn’t true, and that you can just change your ways, but they’re wrong. You are born into who you are. If you are born homosexual, then you are homosexual. There is no changing that. So why do people continue to treat them differently due to who they are? If you are born a Jew, then you are a Jew. There is no changing that. So why do people continue to treat them differently due to who they are? In the novel, The Book Theif, all the Jews are being treated differently. Even if they did not want to be a Jew anymore, but they still had Jewish family history, they were still treated differently. How is this fair? How is it fair to treat someone a certain way due to something they were born into. Something that they had no control over. The character, Hans Huberman, who isn’t a Jew, still gets treated differently for something that he belives in. He believes in equality and fairness. He thinks everyone should get treated with respect, including the Jews. He may not be a Jew, but still gets treated differently for being their friend. What possible reasoning could one come up with for thinking this was fair and okay? And why does it really matter? Does it really matter if you are homosexual or not? Or does it really matter if you are a Jew or not? These things do matter, but we shouldn’t depend on them to decide who gets better treatment. It is something you are born into and have no control over. Inequality treatment happens everyday and will most likely continue to happen in the future. But that shouldn’t take control over who we really are. We should be proud of who we are. Everyone is born differently and brings different things into this world to keep it diverse. Why would we want to change that? Everyone, no matter who they are born into, deserves equal treatment to keep this diverse world rolling.
In The Book Thief, Liesel the main character of the book is labeled by her teacher and classmates as being simply minded. They have giving her this label because at the age on ten when she arrived to the town she was illiterate. Simply because of that one fact they instantly put that label on her, without giving her a chance to explain why she hasn’t been taught to read or write yet. This is a good example of the old saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. As the book progresses Liesel turners out to be quite a good reader once given the opportunity and chance to learn.
I completely agree with what Leah previously stated. I feel that Liesel was wrongfully judged from the very beginning, not being able read and write was a huge disadvantage for Liesel. Her classmates, friends, teachers and even her own “mother” instantly and unfairly put a label on her. A label that implied Liesels ignorance and lack of education made her a stupid individual. To refer back to the photo, today’s society has given the homosexual lifestyle understanding and tolerance, and years ago many things weren’t as accepted as they are now, there was no “grey area”, only black and white. Unfortunately, this book is dated back into the times where people’s opinions were either right or wrong.
The picture saw before hand is immortally wrong. Having a label as soon as you come into this harsh day and age can make a huge impact on who you grow up to be. In the picture the child was labeled as a Homosexual. In today’s society people can take it in two way. There’s good, and they’res bad. The character Rudy wants to be just like the famous runner Jesse Owens. Rudy is white, while Jesse is black. Rudy’s father then makes a big scene because back in 1939 it was like being German or Jewish. People should not be labeled. If we were meant to be labeled they would be attached to our backs like shirts. Individuality, something everybody has. Embrace it and use it wisely because individuality means to be different from everyone else. If we were meant to be like each other , our world would get real dull, real fast so over-come being labeled by being the one person you are best. Yourself.
I think this picture relates to The Book Thief because Liesel is labeled as stupid at first by her classmates because she can’t read or write like they do, the Jews are labeled and said to be bad people when they are just as human as the Germans, and Liesel’s mother is labeled as a communist. Everyone is labeled and judged at first glance by others, it’s human nature. It’s just the way some people act on their judgment that makes it hurtful. A homosexual child and a straight child could act the same, but be treated different just because of their orientation. It’s the same with the Jews. A Jewish man and a German man could act exactly the same, but the Jew would be treated different just because of the way he was raised. Unfair as it is, there will always be one person that is against your sexual orientation, race, or religion.
This baby in the image is just an infinite, doesn’t even have the mind capacity yet to know their sexuality and is already labeled that way, being labeled that right away can affect how you act and how you will turn out to be. Just like Liesel when she moved to Himmel Street and they found out she was illiterate, they automatically labeled her as “non -intelligent” because she is 10 year old and couldn’t read or write; even her “Mama” wrongly labeled her that way, but really she never had the chance to be taught. But as the book goes on Liesel moves past this stereotype everyone wrongly put on her and turns out to be a very intelligent girl that loves to read and write with her “Papa” that actually gave her the chance to learn and prove them all wrong.