Decisions In The Book Thief

It all starts with Liesel stealing The Gravedigger’s Handbook on the frigid night of Werner’s funeral. She feels somewhat remorseful for her first act of thievery, but as we get deeper into the book, we see Liesel start to become more comfortable with the idea of stealing. Even though we, as the readers, know it’s wrong to steal, the context of the novel interprets Liesel’s acts as okay. Zusak does this to show how Liesel’s theft isn’t just for the items she steals, but for a sense of empowerment. She, along with Rudy, feels powerless in her ever-changing world, so she steals to feel in control of something bigger than

Society shapes our identities and who we are as a person which contributes to how our future turns out but sometimes the paths we are led down are not always the direction we would choose, through the novel's ‘Room’ by Emma Donoghue, ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak and the films ‘Girl Interrupted’ directed by James Mangold, ‘Sucker Punch’ directed by Zack Snyder, the character’s hardships are shown through the protagonist's lives. The novels both similarly follow children who are exposed to a less than normal world and a harsh version of reality. The Book Thief follows a young girl whose whole life is turned upside down after she loses her mother and brother due to events surrounding WW11 and is then placed in

Over the course of reading The Book Thief, readers will come to know about Markus Zusak’s constant use of descriptive words, figurative language, and character plots throughout the story. In one particular part of the novel, Zusak shows an example of all three of these points to support one of the many central themes he gives us. While Liesel is standing in front of the burnt offerings near the town hall and the square after a Hitler rally, she sees a book underneath all of the hot ash. This moment allows Zusak to go into explicit detail to make a point about the significance of the moment to the reader. In The Book Thief, Zusak uses vocabulary that evokes recklessness and stealthiness, personification about books, and Liesel’s internal

This story gives inspiration to use words to make a difference, and the hope that not everyone in the world is the way many few people are. Zusak’s unique tone adds to the depth of not only the story itself, but the characters and events as well; Rudy and Liesel’s friendship begins in a fun, realistic spin on childhood. “A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.” Keeping both the ups and downs of each character strengthens the bond between the reader and the story, especially with the themes the author is trying to get across. Zusak could have easily chosen his book to be dark and serious, but instead decides on a theme that will speak to

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.

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, takes place in 1940s Nazi Germany in the small town of Molching. The main character, Liesel Meminger, takes on a role as the foster child of Hans and Rosa Hubermann. She also meets a young boy named Rudy Steiner, who goes on to be her best friend and lover. In the book, Liesel faces many challenges big and small. From hiding a Jew in the basement to a thieving lifestyle, Liesel has to learn to overcome all of life's problems. Through all of this, she is supported by her foster father Hans Hubermann who is caring to people he barely knows, intelligence despite his lack of education, and generosity even when he has little for himself.

In The Book Thief, a work of historical fiction, written by Markus Zusak introduces the main character Liesel Meminger, the reader starts to see how she keeps having many conflicts but always stays positive. Liesel has many conflicts, for example her brother dies early in the book and that shapes the way she is. Later on Liesel steals books and that makes her happy because the first book she stole was the grave digger's handbook and that is how she remembers her brother. Liesel steals and reads books this is how she finds happiness with all the bad things going on around her. In the end of the book most of the people she loves die and it is hard for her to find happiness again. The author uses the setting and point of view to express theme and to make the reader feel sympathy; He uses this because with the theme of finding light in the darkness, deaths perception, and the setting of Germany makes the theme clearer.

Liesel Meminger is the daughter of Paula Meminger. She is also the sister of late Warren Meminger. Consequently, she steals the first book in the novel, called The Gravedigger's Handbook. Therefore, Death gave her the nickname of “ the book thief” before us knowing that she would become “the book thief”. Liesel Meminger is the hardworking, book-thieving, kind-hearted protagonist of The Book Thief. She loves books so much that she steals them, even before knowing how to read. All of this started because stealing books reminds her of Warren Meminger. This is even she bonds more with Hans Hubermann, her foster father, dedicates his time to teach her how to read. We might be asking, why hasn’t she gotten an education at the age of 10. The answer is not as clear as others, but it definitely has to do with Liesel father’s communist affiliations. He was part of the German Communist Party, that was popular when Hitler took over. This is also the reason why she had to be fostered.

In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, words can be very powerful. Words can either break a person down or build them up. There are several examples in this story where words either bring people together or tear them apart. While words prove to both heal and hurt in this story, the healing words leave a longer and lasting mark on the person that is being healed, while the damaging ones do less to hurt than the comforting ones do to help.

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

In Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief, Death narrates the lives of Liesel Meminger, a young German girl, and Max Vandenburg, a Jew hiding in Liesel’s basement. Throughout the novel Zusak creates a gloomy, dark mood through his application of imagery and foreshadowing as well as his choice of Death as the narrator. One device Zusak uses to set the mood is imagery. “Within minutes, mounds of concrete and earth were stacked and piled. The streets were ruptured veins.

Liesel grew as a person, began to wonder about the world, and realized the power of words. Liesel saw the meaning in the smallest things. In the beginning of the novel, Liesel became attracted to words when she stole her first book, The Grave Digger’s Handbook from her brother’s grave site. Even without having a clue what the words meant, the book became representative of the last time she saw her family and “as for the girl, there was a sudden desire to read it that she didn't even attempt to understand” (Zusak, 66).

Zusak depicts deplorable conditions in Nazi Germany throughout his novel. These circumstances cause tragedies that will be remembered forever. The power of love and friendship sustains lives, as shown through Leisel’s relationships with Hans and Rudy. Suffering continues to occur through generations as it seems people do not learn from

The developmental stage of a young child’s life is very crucial and can be impacted by the media. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger is a young girl living in a very important part of Germany’s history, the Second World War. Liesel’s childhood unfolds and develops against the backdrop of a time when words, books specifically were used for power and control. Liesel is someone who has a love for reading and, as such, books become very important to her, not only for her education but for her rebellion and discovering her true identity. Throughout the novel, books become a crucial symbol used to convey the desires and discovery of identity for the main character as her childish ignorance changes to her mature adulthood.

at the beginning of the book Liesel’s little brother dies in a train. This event sets a very sad or