How Does Liesel Change In The Book Thief

The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by Markus Zusak set in Munich, Germany during the Nazi reign from 1936-1943. The novel incorporates a main character that is, in the beginning, an innocent child who doesn't understand the world and takes her on a journey where she grows up and matures through the hardships and challenges of her life. The story is narrated by the character Death, who is a fresh take on the Grim Reaper, only wearing the black cloak when it's cold and never carries a syte. Death describes the life Liesel Meminger, an orphaned girl who witnesses her brother's death and burial and finds herself being adopted by the benevolent old couple, the Hubermanns. The rest of the story follows Liesel's journey through her incredibly challenging life with the Hubermanns and characters such as Rudy, The mayor's wife, and Max helping her along. Symbolism in The Book Thief deepens the story by conveying many different ideas and emotions that supports the reader's understanding of the story. This is especially apparent with the use of the gravediggers to help the reader remember characters, the use of color to help the reader feel the proper emotions and remember the correct events, and the use of Liesel's changing feelings about Rudy to convey how Liesel grows and matures through the book.

Every time Liesel steals books from people, she consistently places the lives of others at risk. An example of this is when Liesel is worried about Max dying and wants to steal a book and read it to him

“A patch of silence stood among them now. The man, the girl, the book. He picked up the book and spoke soft as cotton.” (64) In this quote, Hans finds out about The Grave Digger’s Handbook and begins to teach Liesel how to read. Reading and writing gives Liesel the power of words in which she can express in her own view. This leads to her knowing what is wrong and right in her world throughout the course of the novel. Hans is very caring because when Liesel does something that can put her at risk, he makes sure she never repeats her mistake. After Liesel tells papa she hates The Fuhrer he knew he must react in a way to make her understand just how dangerous those words are to her and her family. “He clenched his eyes. Then opened them. He slapped Liesel Meminger squarely in the face.” (116) Hans was always sympathetic but had to be strict. This taught Liesel to think before she speaks and to keep some things to herself to avoid danger.

"No matter how many times she was told she was loved there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment" (Zusak 32). The novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl who struggles through WWII and faces the pain and suffering of abandonment. When one is faced with such an abandonment and is forced to cope on their own, they may feel lost and alone. These emotions force people to find comfort. As in Liesel 's case, some people find comfort in books and words. Liesel 's perspective on abandonment can be seen through how she coped with her childhood trauma, Max 's illness and the Himmel Street bombing.

When most people think about a life of abandonment, they probably see that life as one filled with suffering. In “The Book Thief” abandonment is a central topic throughout this novel. The abandonment through Liesel’s life helps develop her character in the novel. This abandonment happens through family, friends, and mentors. Through acts of both circumstance and heart she constantly feels abandoned, but through the course of these events she eventually finds happiness from it all.

In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, both authors uses stories of failure and suffering in order make the reader feel pity for the main characters and a bit of surprise toward at what horrible acts humanity is willing to commit during desperate times. The novel Night, by Elie Wiesel is about the author’s days during the time he was imprisoned at various concentration camps, Wiesel had suffered both physically and mentally, especially with his father dying towards the end. The Book Thief is about the story of a girl named Liesel Meminger and what happened after her mother handed her off to two foster parents named Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Even though Liesel was not imprisoned like Elie, she still faces many problems such as the nightmares she experienced every night.

The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak shows how the impact on the power of language has on Liesel Meimeger through the structure of the novel. The structure of the novel shows the development of the character Liesel, highlighting the impact of the power of language. In her development, she finds the ability to express herself as well as to connect to others. Books become a comfort to her and heal her, they help her grow strong relationships with other characters in her life. However, she also sees the damage words have caused through Nazi propaganda, understanding that Hitler 's words have been the cause of suffering of the people in her life. Despite this, the structure of the novel shows the ability of the character to understand that

The story “The Book Thief” wouldn’t be complete without the narrator Death. It would be different if Death wasn't showing so much effort to care about so many people dying. The author did do a good job on making Death the author and no one else. He said everything in a way that he was kind of telling his story about all the humans dying. In the novel “The Book Thief” death is the narrator and I wouldn't change it because the way he tells the story is that even though it's death you know how he feels about what is happening while the war was happening. In general he was tired of hearing about humans because all everyone would talk about is that people were dying and that they would die when the people came to bomb Himmel Street. The book would be different if Liesel would be telling the story because she would just be saying it in her point of view and she wouldn't be able to see what happened to

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.

The book thief takes us through a journey of Liesel and her struggle through the times of the Holocaust. Moving to a new city and being adopted by a new family Lisel goes through many challenges by has her new friends and family to support her. We start with Hans Hubermann her new father, a generous down to earth man who is an ex soldier.

Lastly in The Book Thief, books reminded Liesel of the last time she saw her mother and brother which also kept her calm after her nightmares and help develop a bond between Liesel and the mayor's wife. The stealing of books made Liesel

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

Liesel Meminger is a hardworking, book-thieving, kind hearted girl that has blonde hair, blue eyes, and an engrossing life story. During Liesel’s engaging tale, from The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, she has encounters with an abundance of characters, such as Hans Hubermann, Ilsa Hermann, and Max Vandenburg. The key ideas are, who impacted her, what they did, the decision/s they impacted and what she gained from it.

The different shots in the book thief helped me understand more about the main character Liesel Meminger. Liesel is a young girl who lost her little brother and her mother gives her up as soon as her brother dies. But luckily is taken in by Hans Hubermann and Rosa Hubermann. All three of them have quite a separate bond at the start but later on they start getting quite close together and start to become a proper family. Many shots show Liesel's fear during the Holocaust of what's about to happen. When it was the parade for the burning of the jewish books Rudy and Liesel seem to be clueless of what's happening around them. They just join in with the experience of that time. But one camera shot showed the moment when liesel realises what's happening. The camera shot shows a close up of liesel's face. The shot seems that she is scared and shocked of what they are doing. At this moment Liesel gets a more understanding of what's happening around her. Therefore this detailed camera shot shows how liesel is reacting. There also shows another shot

Whether it be the Medieval Period, the first or second world war or the modern day, there has always been a difference between the living conditions and habits of different people, leading the situation of every single person to differ as well as their struggles. In Mark Zusak’s novel The Book Thief, the main character Liesel’s struggles, as well as those of people closely connected to her, in her complex world bring out emotions that are only natural in someone as individual and uninhibited as herself. Rather than letting these struggles take the best of her and giving in to the standards set upon her and everyone else by superior powers, such as hating the Jews and standards set upon her by the society, Liesel keeps a tight grip on her closest of connections and let them fuel her to rebel against and reject what it is given to her and stand out. She is empowered by her close relationships with her family and her friend Rudy, and her brotherly figure Max.