Examples Of Quotes From The Book Thief

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Liesel Meminger is a nine year old girl that was living in Germany in 1939. Her mother was taken away from Liesel and her brother. When Liesel and her brother where going to go see their mother Liesel brother died. She found a book called “The Grave Diggers Handbook”. Liesel was taken to a foster home. She gets along with her foster parents. The foster parent’s names are Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The foster parents of Liesel show her how to read and write. Liesel best friend name is Rudy Steiner they have many memories together. They both are thieves, Rudy and Liesel. Rudy has a big crush on Liesel. Max Vandenburg is a Jew being hidden in the basement of Liesel basement. Liesel and Rudy stole books from

Yossarian is called into the office of Colonel Cathcart after destroying Kraft’s plane. “’All right,’ Colonel Cathcart decided. ‘We’ll give him a medal for being brave enough to go around over the target twice. And we’ll make him a captain too’” (Heller 139).

The black comedy follows the story of a paranoid U.S. Air Force Commander, General Ripper, who irrationally

In The Book Thief, many people made very strong bonds with each other and became like family. One of the most important themes is this novel is always love and care for each other. This novel didn’t just say that family is who people are born to. It says that family is through love, concern, and compassion that people have for someone. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, family is a largely portrayed theme as characters build strong and enduring relationships.

The irony is also that Heller points to something more deep and unknown that war, pain, and suffering itself. In this way Heller points to the inner realms of mans consciousness and sanity to find a completely different and unique personality

Steals things that he wants or things that the others need, quote when Edek was sick and they were all working except Bronia. Gets told to take it back by Ruth.

He was known as a war hero in

A couple of soldiers in Sam’s regiment accuse Sam of stealing cattle from the Meeker barn. He gets put on trial and is killed for his “crimes”. Tim explains the stolen cattle situation to General Putnam: “Sam wouldn’t steal our own cattle… He’s been fighting for three years, he’s been a good soldier ”(196). Tim is expecting Sam to get mercy because he was an honorable soldier, but he got executed for something he didn't do. Sam was supposed to die a hero or die doing something worthwhile. Instead, Sam dies in the most inglorious way, being shot as an example. Moreover, the way Sam dies demonstrates what war is truly like; war is not a adventure, it is a death wish. With neutrality, Tim can be dissociated from the people who killed his brother. Previously, Tim thought war was an adventure, but seeing how unfairly the war treated Sam, Tim decides not to select a

Rudy Steiner was one of the most memorable characters in The Book Thief. Rudy not only showed extreme care for Liesel, but his unique personality and desires made him stand out above the other characters. He is described at the beginning of the book as a ten-year old with “bony legs, sharp teeth, gangly blue eyes, and hair the color of lemons” (Zusak 48). Physically, Rudy is the ideal image of a stereotypical Nazi, but mentally, he is the complete opposite. The Steiner family always struggled to put food on the table for all six kids, leaving Rudy with a grumbling stomach and very little meat on his body. Part of the appeal of Rudy Steiner was that in spite of an empty stomach and a Nazi party, nothing could not slow him down.

The wounded and bleeding lining the halls, screaming for help while harried doctors in blood-stained smocks rush from stretcher to stretcher, fighting a losing battle against exhaustion and the crushing number of injured. (Simpson 245)

He is regarded as a construction rather than a being, thus expressing the inhumanity that soldiers are subject to by their superiors. For instance, the upkeep of the soldier in white by the nurses is considered ‘housework’ rather than doctoring, as their primary duties are to scrub his casting and rotate the jars containing fluid that perpetually runs through him. Temperature is the only human aspect of the soldier and is used to distinguish between life and death. After the soldier’s passing, a perceptive Yossarian admits that if Nurse Cramer “had not read the thermometer and reported what she had found, the soldier in white might still be lying there alive exactly as he had been” (Heller 167). The treatment of the soldier in white is a microcosm of the treatment of all soldiers, whose health is monitored and addressed based solely on numerical guidelines: “temperatures above 102 were rushed to the hospital…temperatures below 102 had their gums and toes painted,” and “temperatures at exactly 102 were asked to return in an hour to have their temperatures taken again” (33). The soldier in white embodies this mechanistic system of health evaluation, which echoes the neglect of the bureaucracy to treat their soldiers holistically and with

“No! And that is an order, Lieutenant,” commanded Captain Harrison, “the defense of this missile is our duty... not the defense of one man!”

The quote above describes the relationship with Colonel Cathcart, in which Cathcart has a worrying doubt about Yossarian and his role in the squadron. Yossarian complains to Doc Daneeka about Colonel Cathcart’s dictum regarding the mission count during every visit to the medical tent. Cathcart’s opinion about Yossarian also dawns upon the other men who start to wonder about the man with that name and who he actually is. One of the main points within the story is when the soldiers question Yossarian during the death of Lt. Mudd, whom the men continuously call “the dead man in Yossarian’s tent” (Heller 166). A character that changes Yossarian completely about war is Snowden. After Snowden’s death, Yossarian is given a medal of honor for fighting through that battle, but unlike the other men, Yossarian shows up in a disorderly fashion. He realizes that he doesn’t want to be in a war-like atmosphere anymore and starts to long for his trips throughout Italy with Milo, Orr, Nately, and a couple of others from the squadron. It is after these trips that Yossarian tries to weasel his way out of the squadron by feigning sicknesses and pleading for Doc Daneeka to claim him insane. While

Hay was quoted saying “He gave himself, night and day, to the study of the military situation” (McPherson, 2008).

In the story, the main problem of this soldier is the straggle in his mind, he does not want kill Gregory extremely, but he cannot violate the order from the Headquarters. He see this problem as a very difficult and resentful