Essay About Adversity By Liesel

The theme of this book is that the human capacity to adapt to and find happiness in the most difficult circumstances. Each character in the novel shows this in their way. For instance, their family is randomly taken from their home and forced to

There are many reasons why Liesel’s life shows beauty in the wake of brutality, but the most significant reason is that she has beautiful connections with people, so no matter how brutal things get,

There are several situations throughout the book that show how Liesel becomes abandoned. In addition to losing her brother and her mother, Liesel constantly gets abandoned by other friends and family throughout the book in very harsh ways. Her family sends her to a foster home and is left with no she knows. After four years of living with her foster parents, they pass away in a bombing

When Liesel had nightmares, “He came in every night and sat with her. The first couple of times, he simply stayed-a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered, ‘Shhh, I’m here, it’s all right.’ After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man’s gentleness, his thereness”(Zusak 36). Hans helped Liesel through her brutal nightmares. To have a friendship that connects through Liesel’s nightmares, is beautiful because Hans and Liesel trust each other. Furthermore, Hans lived through World War One, described as, “The conversation of bullets. Resting men. The best dirty jokes in the world. Cold sweat - that malignant little friend - outstaying its welcome in the armpits and trousers”(Zusak 175). How brutal it must have been for Hans to watch friends die right before his eyes during war. However, it is beautiful because Hans was the only soldier to survive, because of his best friend, Erik Vandenburg. Erik saved his life, which is a debt that can not be repaid. To continue, Liesel noticed that Hans’ eyes “Were made of kindness, and silver. Like soft silver, melting. Liesel, upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hans Hubermann was worth a lot”(Zusak 34). Silver eyes represent sadness, reliability, and old age. It is beautiful describing eyes as “soft silver” but brutal because Liesel sees her foster father's sadness in his eyes. Liesel knew Hans was valuable to her life, and that he has experienced brutal things. Hans’ life was brutal and beautiful while having relationships with

knows that there is suffering and unfairness, yet the question she puts to the reader is why

The last line in the poem “and since they were not the ones dead, turned to their own affairs” lacks the emotions the reader would expect a person to feel after a death of a close family member. But instead, it carries a neutral tone which implies that death doesn’t even matter anymore because it happened too often that the value of life became really low, these people are too poor so in order to survive, they must move on so that their lives can continue. A horrible sensory image was presented in the poem when the “saw leaped out at the boy’s hand” and is continued throughout the poem when “the boy’s first outcry was a rueful laugh…the hand was gone already…and that ended it”, this shows emphasis to the numbness the child felt. The poem continues with the same cold tone without any expression of emotion or feelings included except for pain, which emphasizes the lack of sympathy given. Not only did the death of this child placed no effect on anyone in the society but he was also immediately forgotten as he has left nothing special enough behind for people to remember him, so “since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs”. This proves that life still carries on the same way whether he is present or not, as he is insignificant and that his death

Death is a natural thing in life. Everyone at one point will die. Although it is a fact that is common, when it happens to someone it feels more personal and miserable. Liesel felt the same way when her brother died.

Adversities are hard to avoid in one’s life; everyone has to face them at one point in their life. The effect it has on a person’s life can change their perspective towards the world. When problems arise individuals traditionally become stunned to such difficult situations that they face. The adversity becomes a brick wall that is challenging to break down. An individual's true character in addition to their nature is revealed when they face a conflict in their life or a challenge. In the novel, The Chrysalids by John Wyndham has his protagonist David go through some conflicts, which he overcomes throughout the story. David struggles to find a life where people would appreciate his uniqueness, not sameness which has an impact on who he thinks

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.

The book 's importance is explained through Death where ‘“The books meaning 1. The last time she saw her brother. 2. The last time she saw her mother.” Despite Liesel being illiterate, the Gravedigger’s handbook holds significant meaning for the character. Liesel has an overwhelming feeling of loss of control and acts out in rebellion to steal the book that lay beside her brothers grave. By stealing the book, she has a reminder of her small family and it stops her feeling defeated by her ever changing life, which she has no control over. This idea is then reinforced with another action of the character. Liesel then finds out that Hitler was the cause of the suffering and loss of freedom of the people she loved and knew in her life.This second act of rebellion takes place while Liesel visits a Nazi book burning. Liesel soon understands that the Nazi’s burnt books to brainwash citizens of Germany(_____). As a result of this Lisel then understands the importance and power words have, causing her to again acts rebelliously in a protest. “And it was anger and dark hatred that had fueled her desire to steal it.” This passage from the novel shows the emotions of Liesel. As a character who is unable to express herself verbally, her actions speak for her. Liesel 's desire to understand words begins to grow, with her understanding that Nazis burn books in fear of what they may do to society.

Literacy plays a major role in Liesel’s adolescence. Liesel obtains power through literacy as it gives her a sense of comfort and control. The act of reading and writing gives Liesel the strength to cope with and heal from her emotional trauma. Reading and finishing the book The Gravedigger’s Handbook helps Liesel find the courage to move on from the loss of her

From what has been established so far in The Book Thief, I believe that Liesel is hungry for knowledge and the power of literacy. Since the beginning, she has longed for this ability which is why she stole books in the first place. It just so happened that Hans was willing to teach her how to read and to teach her the things that she wouldn’t learn at school. I think that she has many longings for things throughout the book, but this is the most important in her mind. Along with just the ability to read, I also think that she wanted the chance to show that

This shows Liesel’s character because it shows how she really is and likes to go against the system. The meaning of the burnings were to burn books and anything made by a Jew. The book was supposed to stay in the fire and burn because it was about a Jewish protagonist. Liesel’s character influenced her decision to steal the book out of the

Mama and papa and Rudy were all flat character, not undergoing any noticeable type of development. Liesel, being the protagonist, was fully developed and the readers could witness her growth from her lonely, scared nature to being fully loved by her new foster parents and her best friend. Readers also see a shift from her hating words to her having an underlying love for them. At the beginning, she hated words because Hitler was a great user of them and used them to get into power. At the story went on though, she learned to read and write and learned to love them. Words ended up, ultimately, saving her life. The author wants to demonstrate the power of words. By having everyone but Liesel die, the author illustrates the theme that words are so important they can be life saving in many

In the novel Crow Lake by Mary Lawson you notice how the problems an person experiences plays a vast role in shaping their identity. Adversity is beneficial in shaping a person’s identity, as it will help a character open their mind to the problems occurring around them. You observe throughout the novel how the death of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison shaped the lives of Luke, Matt, Kate and Bo. As Matt’s life is being shaped throughout the novel, he ends up facing a problem with Marie Pye. Kate’s character was shaped from a lot of difficulties that happened throughout the novel. The problems each character experience in the novel played a role in making them the people they end up being at the end of the novel.