Analysis Of The Book ' The Book Thief '

Through the experiences of the characters, Akiba Drumer, Moishe the Beadle, and the two executed young men, Wiesel exhibits how the oppressiveness of the concentration camps causes these victims to ultimately lose faith and self-respect in response to the injustices they face. To illustrate, Wiesel uses pathetic fallacy to unify and mimic the setting with the mood. With the migration to new settings, Eliezer is introduced to more violence, his body’s strength drastically weakens, and his hope for liberation and peace is diminished. The symbolic “Never shall I forget that night” (Wiesel 45) not only creates an earnest mood, but also depicts the use of night as a motif.

He is there for Liesel during times of fear and uncertainty such as her nightmares or other personal, emotional conflicts. In short, he is what Liesel’s mother used to represent to her. Another major detail is how Hans teaches Liesel how to read. He conducts midnight and afternoon lessons with her in the basement of their house or on the banks of the Amper River. “Unofficially, it was called the midnight class, even though it commenced at around two in the morning”. This was a big part of Liesel’s young life. Her passion for books was made possible by the kindness and love of her foster father, who took the time to personally teaching her using what little materials were available. Obvious through his involvement with Liesel’s education, he wants the best for her and truly loves her dearly. This is especially shown in Chapter 16 where Hans tells Liesel that, when he saw how Liesel was awaiting any sort of communication from her real mother, he had almost resorted to writing a fake letter from her in the hopes that it would take a burden off of her young shoulders. "You know,

Liesel is characterized as a girl full of courage and her unwillingness to back down. An example of her courageous mentality is when Ludwig Schmeikl bullies her because of her inability to read. The narrator explains, “(Liesel) stood up and took the book from him... she threw it away and kicked him as hard as she could” (82). This scene shows that Liesel is not afraid of standing up for herself and does not back down from Ludwig. Instead she retaliates back against him, bringing him to the floor. While she may be

Early 1940s, an observant, young boy, and his caring father: the start to a story that would become known throughout the world of Eliezer Wiesel. His eye-opening story is one of millions born from the Holocaust. Elie’s identity, for which he is known by, is written out word for word his memoir, Night. Throughout his journey, Elie’s voice drifts from that of an innocent teen intrigued with the teachings of his religion to that of a soul blackened by a theoretical evil consuming that of the Nazis and Hitler’s Germany. Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night, examines the theme of identity through the continuous motifs of losing one’s self in the face of death and fear, labeling innocent people for a single dimension of what defines a human being, and

During this time period, Germany and Russia were in a horrific war. There was constant bombings and raids in cities including Himmel Street in Molching, Germany. This kept everyone on their toes just in case they were bombed in this area. They needed to get out of the area as soon as possible so they didn’t die. In the book during the second raid, people scared out of their mind sat around, “That was still an immutable fact, but at least they were distracted now, by the girl and her book” (Zusak 382). Liesel read to the scared people to try and comfort them. In this dark time, Liesel gave people comfort and she was able to make the situation slightly better and not as scary for many people. Sometimes, the right words can make the situation a lot better. Words can be comforting and make everything feel better. For example, “For at least 20 minutes,s he handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice” (Zusak 381). Even though it is a dark situation, it made it better. Comfort during this dark time is what these people needed. Being calm in a situation like this had a positive effect on everyone around Liesel. Next, when Max, a Jew and the son of Hans Hubermann’ s friend, moved into the Hubermann household, it put the family in a very risky and life threatening situation. If they had gotten caught with a Jew in their basement, there would have been horrible consequences for all of them. But, the more time that Max

Name and significance – Adolf Hitler, he is the cause of all Liesel’s pain and he is the reason she keeps losing her loved ones.

This part of the novel resembles a point in Liesel’s character in which she was passionate about the things she was feeling - almost as if she was determined to do something about it. As this event occurred, Liesel was filled with anger about her parent’s disappearance. She had recently found out that Hitler had something to do with it, which pushed Liesel to the conclusion that Hitler was not a man to be celebrated. As her hatred for Nazi ideals grew, so did her bravery.

But for a few minutes they forget about the holocaust and “Could not contain the small snatches of laughter.” (Doc C) Through laughter Liesel and her family are able to forget about real life for a

Liesel is being effected by the holocaust in many ways. I think Liesel only knows part of what's going on. She's be effected because her foster parents Rosa and Hans are hiding a jew. The jew's name is Max and they hide him in the basement. Liesel promised Papa that she wouldn't tell anyone about Max.

The author achieves this by using Death as character but, also as an immortal and all knowing narrator. Zusak uses the omniscient Death to present a character's guilt giving a more objective look into a character's guilt. On the other hand the first person view would give the reader details that wouldn’t produce an accurate showing of the characters remorse. Instead the first person view would be clouded by emotions and filled with the thoughts of the character in the moment instead of the important details need to showcase survivor's guilt. For example when Death tells us about Liesel's nightmare on page 36, “She would wake up...screaming and drowning in the flood of sheets...the bed that was meant for her brother…”. The authors use of Death as a narrator reveals Leisel being haunted by her brothers death, but if it was Liesel's point of view it would be filled with her emotions at the time which doesn't help develop the survivors guilt which comes from more of a contemplative space. This is illustrated again when Liesel kisses Rudy’s dead body on page 536, “She leaned down and...Liesel kissed her best friend...true on his lips.” This helps establish the survivor's guilt by showing how haunted Liesel was by the fact that she never kissed Rudy who tried kissing her multiple times while alive. However if this event wasn’t in Death’s point of view survivor's

There was a time when Liesel ask Hans Hubermann if her mother was a communist and if Hitler took away her mom. Hans, finding it impossible to lie, says yes. Liesel then went in rage and speak out against the Fuhrer. Unknowingly what to do, Hans slapped liesel in the face and orders her not to say anything bad about Hitler and forced her to do a Nazi salute and say “Heil

After losing her mother and her brother, Liesel’s life and identity is changed drastically many times. It is through books that she discovers and becomes comfortable with this change. When she first meets Hans and Rosa Hubermann, her new foster parents, she does not wish to speak with them or get to know them. However, once Hans discovers Liesel with the book she stole when her brother was buried, The Gravedigger’s Manual, they bond over Hans teaching Liesel to read. Liesle describes the first time her and Hans have a lesson in the middle of the night: “She had done this at school, in the kindergarten class, but this time was better. … It was nice to watch Papa’s hand as he wrote the words and slowly constructed the primitive sketches” (Zusak

In the life of Liesel Meminger, we look at the struggles, hatred, and love she experiences in Nazi German. Unfortunately, her brother dies on the train ride and Liesel is forever haunted by her dead brother. Liesel Meminger leaves the orphanage to live with her foster parents. She quickly learns to love her father, Hans Huberman. Her father soon discovers that Liesel does not know how to read. He teaches Liesel to read and write. Liesel begins stealing books due to her reading obsession. For example she says “When life robs you, sometimes you have to rob it back.” As the war intensifies, the Huberman’s harbor a Jewish man named Max Vandenberg. Liesel quickly befriends Max and they began sharing stories and lessons on writing. Max says “In

Unlike the Nazi’s however, Liesel realizes the pain her words caused. "Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from words. From Liesel's words" (Zuask 253). A child, no more than 12 years old, was telling someone not to cry, that she was being “pathetic.” It was all because of one group of people taking the lives of millions that a young girl believes crying over your loved ones deaths was ridiculous. At one point, Death even compares itself to humanity saying, "You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue" (Zuask 307).

From about 1920–1945, the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, commonly abbreviated Nazi, was a political party which held nationalist and racist ideologies. Emphasising a great deal on military and complete totalitarianism, the Nazi Party sent a wave of unrest through all of Europe. While the party ushered in what was thought to be a new Germany with its Third Reich, many Nazi values were questionable. With a lasting political impact, the Nazis caused quite the stir before, during, and after the second World War.