Point of view - both gerda and liesel are young teenaged women living in nazi europe. despite their
obvious opposing situations in life, gerda being a jew and liesel being a german, discuss what both
girls have in common in their outlook on life. what makes them be survivors, rather than victims?
this question is about both the books all but my life and the book thief

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.