Conflict In The Book Thief

Relationship to meaning: Deaths point of view is important because he tells you all of his experiences he has come across people dying. The bad part about death narrating the story, is that you cannot feel the characters emotions and feelings.

Relationship to meaning: - Death, as the narrator, gives us an insight into the events surrounding Liesel that otherwise would not have been known. Also Death explains definitions, events, and other items of note.

The consequences, regret, and grievance caused by Hans giving bread to the Jewish man, in Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief, were not worth the minimal benefits that came from his actions. The worst consequence was that the old, frail Jewish man and Hans were both whipped severely. The starving Jew didn’t even get the bread, nor did Hans get the bread back meaning that it just went to waste. Another repercussion of Hans giving the bread was that he caused Rosa and Liesel grievance, when both he and Max had to leave. All of these terrible consequences affected not only Hans but also affected Hans’ whole family and the Jewish man, too.

With over 70 million people dead, World War II was one of the most horrific wars in the last millennium. During the war, Germany is corrupted and dangerous for anybody who is not German. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, is a story about an orphan who lives in Molching, a town where the Holocaust and the bombing occur. Throughout the novel, she steals books in order to become a better reader and writer. The city of Molching and the characters and not real, but the details of the events, settings, and people are accurately portrayed in the novel. Therefore, the portrayal of racism and the conditions of Jews in Nazi Germany are accurately depicted in the Book Thief.

self) is Max leaving his family to go save himself from the chaos that is happening in Germany by staying with the Hubermanns. He feels guilty for leaving his family and also putting the Hubermann in danger for hiding and aiding a fugitive. Another internal conflict (Hans vs. self) is when Hans gave a Jewish man some bread and got his name written down. He feels guilty for putting his family in danger because of his compassion for Jews. One external conflict (Hans vs. society) is Hans having conflicts with Hitler’s supporters. They label him Jew-lover just because he gave a Jew some bread. He is one out of ten people who thinks differently of Jews and how they are like everyone else. Also he has respect for Jewish people because one of them saved his life. Another external conflict which is also the biggest conflict in the story is (Liesel vs. Hitler) Liesel realizing that Hitler was the source to her father and mother’s disappearance, her brother’s death, and for the reason Max is hiding. For this, she hates Hitler and all he stands for. These moments of conflict help makes the story interesting because all four of these conflicts gives the reader a perceptive of how it feels like to live in Germany at the time. The internal conflicts forms the emotion of guilt because both Max and Hans felt guilty for putting others in danger. The external conflicts form the emotion of anger seeing that Hans and Liesel both hated the environment that Hitler

Liesel sits and talks to Max, but he keeps sleeping for days. Death visits Himmel Street, but he doesn't take Max's struggling soul, and he doesn't see Liesel. Max opens his eyes twice but both times falls back into his coma. Liesel starts to read The Whistler to him. Finally Rosa makes Liesel go out

In Markus Zusak’s, The Book Thief, adversity is an important factor in shaping character. Liesel, Max, Rosa and Hans Hubermann all face hardships that help their character develop.The Book Thief is set in Germany during the time of WW2 when Hitler, the Fuhrer, rose to power. This was a hard time for Rosa and Hans because of their struggle to raise a foster child. It was also tough for Liesel because she had to get accustomed to a new place with different rules, but out of everyone, Max definitely faced a lot of problems.

In the beginning of the novel, Liesel brother dies while they were on the train to Munich to the foster home .This drains Liesel cause she is going to the foster home

Liesel's biological parents were Communists, a group despised by the Nazis. Thus, they were killed. However, despite knowing their inevitable fate, her parents made sure to keep Liesel alive by sending her to another family within Germany: the Hubermann family. There, Liesel slowly adapted to life. She learned to read and write German and even made a loyal friend, Rudy Steiner. However, these events were only minor steps leading up to the turning point in the story: Max Vandenberg’s arrival . Max was a Jew, a trait - like being a Communist - that was despised by the Nazis, but during the previous World War, his father had saved Hans Hubermann’s life. Consequently, Hans (Liesel’s father) vowed to secretly care for Max. The rest of the story revolved around saving

Max Vanderburg’s arrival is the third important experience in Liesel’s life. Hiding a Jew in their basement causes the family to be in huge danger because if the government found they were hiding a Jew, Hans and Rosa could be taken to prison. Max Vanderburg also serves as a good friend to Liesel to whom she can tell everything. Max starts writing and drawing things for Liesel which brings them even closer.

The human race is constantly contradicting itself throughout everyday life. The most ideal example of this contradictory is in the book, The Book Thief. In this book, Hitler was trying to make what he thinks is the perfect race. Hitler’s desire is so strong that he collected all of the Jewish People in Molching and sends them to camps to be punished and even killed. On the other hand, the Hubermann family was trying to help the Jewish out and save them. The family even went as far as putting their own lives in jeopardy by letting Han’s old friend named Max live in the basement. Even Liesel’s best friend named Rudy tries to help the Jewish as they march through Molching. But when Rudy and Liesel go to help them and give them bread, they are beaten by the Nazi’s

Human nature is full of complexities. It has inclinations towards violence as well as kindness and empathy – both at different times. These complexities are baffling for one to keep up with. These complexities are clearly emphasized in Markus Zusak’s novel, ‘The Book Thief’. Taking place during the Holocaust, Liesel Meminger loses her family members and she then lives with her foster parents, the Hubermans. While she creates wonderful memories with Rudy, mama, papa and other members, Molching is bombed in the end, killing everyone but Liesel. In this book, Zusak uses archetypal characters and symbols to show the complex human nature and how far one can go in terms of kindness and cruelty. The mentor, Hans, shows the act of kindness while the villain, Hitler shows so much cruelty that most of the people living in

This theme can be seen in the book many times. Since Liesel has foster parents and there pretty poor ,Liesel goes out and steals books with Rudy to defy against Nazi beliefs. Thievery is not a good thing and it's something that’s against what the law say, but in the book thievery is used by Liesel and Rudy to show an act of brutality to the Nazis.

Due to this act of courage by Hans, a Nazi guard whips Hans. From that point on, Hans lived in fear of being punished. That night, Hans sends Max away in fear of his house being searched. Thankfully, there house was never searched. Shortly after, Hans is drafted to go off into the war. During this time, Liesel reads to the residents of Himmel Street during the air raids. A few months later, Hans breaks is leg in an accident and is transferred back to Munich. The next time she sees Max is during a “parade of Jews”. She does the courageous act of going and walking next to him. Liesel then learns that he was captured six months prior. Max and Liesel are then whipped. Rudy stops Liesel from continuing to walk with the Jews.

In the story The Book Thief, Markus Zusak introduces the theme that, many times relationships and connections may influence an individual's decision and could result in change of that individual's life. For example, towards the middle of the book after Rudy and Liesel have started stealing food from the town, one job in particular has Liesel questioning “Don’t you feel bad?” to Rudy after they stole food from Otto (Zusak 164). This shows that Liesel is still slightly guilty for what they did because she knows it's wrong, but later in the book it states that five days later they steal from a farmer; this time Liesel doesn't think twice about saying yes. From this, one can interpret that Liesel's relationship with Rudy has caused her to become