Describe The Relationship Between Max And Liesel

A character who plays a big role early on in the novel is Hans Hubermann, who is Liesel’s foster father. As Liesel transitions into the Hubermann household, Hans is the one who comforts her, and he provides a sense of peace. He is introduced as very calm, gentle, and kind, and stays this way throughout the story. Despite not being very educated, Hans is smart enough and uses reading and writing to help comfort

Some people perceive kindness in different ways as what they might think seems nice, could be harmful to others. When Liesel tries to communicate with Max, she does not pause to think that such an action would put her and Max in danger. On page 513, the book narrates “He cried as the soldiers came and a small collection…Standing, he was whipped”. It was Max who was the one whipped by the soldiers because they saw Liesel hugging and talking to him. Max’s life was placed in danger because Liesel thought she was being kind by talking to him. It is understandable that she wanted to communicate with Max after a long time of not seeing him, but the manner in which she conveyed her emotions to him was too obvious to the soldiers watching. Had Rudy not been quick on his feet to go and help her, she would’ve been punished more for speaking with Max. In addition to the immediate damage done, other people who witnessed the situation would think that Liesel’s family was sympathetic to Jews, something not considered good at that time. The long term consequences of Liesel’s stubbornness to speak with Max set an even deeper impression to when Hans gave the bread to the Jews and therefore puts her and her family in more danger. This is another example of Liesel’s stubbornness, or perceived kindness, which place her and others’ lives in danger.

“ “You know something?’ Hans said. He leaned toward the fire ‘Liesel’s actually a good little reader herself.’ Max lowered the book. ‘And she has more in common with you than you might think.” Papa checked that Rosa wasn’t coming. ‘She likes a good fist fight, too.’ (page 218)” Liesel does in-fact have many things in common with Max. There is this one similarity that links them together. They both have nightmares about their families. When they told each other about their nightmares, there was a bond created between them.

other was. Expanding on that, Max and Kevin both made the other feel like they were meaning something in the world; not just a speck in it. With the information shown, friendship is important as, having a good friend can help you through rough times.

Creating a vinculum with someone else can be very difficult. Starting a relationship can be the hardest part for a shy person. This difficulty can get worse if this person itself has lost the confidence in others, when everyone is against him/her. But, when two people meet, and start a friendship, having things in common may straighten this link between them. Besides, this people may support each other making a bad situation endurable. A great example of this type of relationships is clearly exposed on Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief. This book tells a story that takes place in Germany during World War II. A little girl whose name is Liesel Meminger and a young Jewish man called Max Vandenburg have many things in common and their lives have been marked by death, words and fear. And thanks to Life’s whims Liesel and Max create a strong bond that lasts for a lifetime. Both Liesel and Max have a strong relationship since they evade Nazi persecution, have nightmares and are united by

I am captivated by this segment because I feel words hold great meaning. They possess the ability to enable us to feel a varying range of emotions. Words can be sophisticated or simple, either way when they have been strung together appropriately they hold the ability to tell a fabulous tale. I am able to relate to the section where Liesel wonders, at what point the words she has learned and read go from having just some meaning to having the capacity to change your entire view point on certain subjects. Being an avid reader myself, I have been shaped by the novels I have read.

Liesel and Max turn out to be dear companions, and Max composes Liesel two stories about their friendship, both of which are recreated in the novel. At the point when Hans publicly offers bread to an old Jew being sent to a death camp, Max must leave, and Hans is drafted into the military during an era when air strikes over German urban areas were raising as far as recurrence and casualty. Liesel next sees Max being walked towards the terrible imprisonment at Dachau. Liesel loses trust and starts to hate the written word, having learnt that Hitler's propaganda is to be faulted for the war and the Holocaust and the passing of her biological family, yet Ilsa urges her to write. Liesel composes the narrative of her life in the Hubermanns' cellar, where she marvelously survives an air attack that murders Hans, Rosa, Rudy, and other people on her square. Liesel survives the war, as does Max. She goes ahead to carry on with a long life, dying at an old

Besides from being a poignant narrative and creating a closer friendship between Max and Liesel, it also provides Liesel with the inspiration to share words, which helps both Max when he fatally sick and her neighbours while stuck in an air-raid shelter.

Friendship is the main thing that gets Liesel moving every day. Liesel looks for Max during every walk to Dachau. Finally, Leisel found Max in the walk and risked her life by jumping into the path of jews to speak to him for one last time. It was a very serious thing to do because If you were caught being nice to a jew you could be killed. This would also show everyone that Liesel loved a jew, and everyone would hate her for that. Liesel had a very strong relationship with Max. Liesel loved Max so much she did not care about anything besides Max. The nazi soldier was screaming at Leisel not to go to Max, but Liesel did not care. Then she did it again. Liesel got whipped trying to spend time with him for the last time. She was going to continue,

The theme friendship can be found through the whole story, like how Max and Liesel become good friends and how Liesel becomes friends with Rudy, which contains signs that their relationship can turn in more then just friends.

The sketchbook provides him with an outlet to cope with his circumstances. Max is often found in the basement alone with nothing but his thoughts. He is able to produce this art “in the loneliest moments in the basement” (277). He wanted to write a story explaining everything he had been through leading up to where he is now. However, the thoughts all came out as something different, sketches. He found the collection of his thoughts had “felt true”(277). To Max they feel more true because they were random thoughts which he feels meaning in them. He knew that he would eventually want to share his views of the cruel world with Liesel when she is old enough. Losing everything, Max finds great significance in this sketchbook which helps him relieve emotions. Max’s use of drawing while he is in the basement helps him subsist with his unforutante turn of events. He was figuring out ways to express his feelings during this time. Illustrating and writing a story called “The Standover Man”, is how he spends most of his days. For Max the art is used as a way he can express his story to Liesel. He often finds himself still in pain from his past and scared of “standover men” in his life (225).

When Max and Liesel saw each other for the first time in a while, they hugged and cried and fell to the floor. After Max and Liesel reunited in October of 1945, they started to hang out and spend much time together. They did everything together and told each other everything they had done in the past couple years. They think about what they did when they were younger on Himmel Street and how Liesel always brought him stuff when he was ill. As they are talking, Liesel starts to think when she had a friendship relationship and is maybe wanting to have a romantic relationship with him now. As life progresses for them, they start thinking about the future and they start to contemplate being together for life. As they analyze

When there were bomb raids approaching the town, the people gathered in a small basement and Liesel began to read to everyone there. It is amazing how her words would calm everyone present and made them forget that they could possibly die at any given moment. When everything in her life is at a downfall, reading and writing takes Liesel out of this cruel world. That is the main reason why she is attracted to words and books. Words kept her alive in a dull world but also literally kept her living. She was reading in that basement when the bombs hit her street so it saved her. She also developed relationships with people with words and storytelling. In a time like this, a normal conversation will not help. But in order to distract one from reality the best way to do that is to share stories. Max Vandenburg is not in great condition when he arrives, but creates a special bond with Liesel through words. The two have frequent nightmares about their past and losing the ones that they care about the most. Though all this has happened, they both enjoy to story tell and that’s how their bond grows. "Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out, like the rain (85)". Liesel’s words effected her situation and the perspective of it so much. As words bought friendship to Liesel, it also bought

The differences between Liesel and Max are astoundingly big, but circumstances have brought them together. When a Jewish man shows up on the Hubermanns’ porch, Liesel is curious about whom this stranger is. When she first catches a glimpse of him on page 186, she also notices what he brought with him. “When she stole one last look at the foreigner in the kitchen, she could decipher the outline of a book on the table”.

The first point to this is when Hans Hubermann (Liesel’s step father) took Liesel in and was the first person to show her love at her new home when she was scared. He comforted Liesel whenever she was having a hard time. Max Vandenburg also showed love to Liesel. He was the Jew living in the Hubermann’s basement. Despite Max being in a dark basement hiding and fearing for his life, the one thing that kept him happy was Liesel. When Max was sick Liesel read to him every day until he recovered. Besides relationships with family, there was another main character that loved Liesel. His name was Rudy Steiner. Rudy had loved Liesel since the first moment he seen her, he did whatever he could for her right up until his last