Mein Kampf Symbols In The Book Thief

When Adolf Hitler came onto the scene, he claimed that he would be the best ruler that Germany had ever seen. He claimed that he would revert the country back to its once state of greatness. He would have been one of the greatest rulers of all time if he would not have started the Holocaust. It was not as if the people of Germany had no idea what Hitler was capable of. He wrote down all of the gruesome things he would do to create a pure race if he became a ruler. Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while he was in prison for treason committed after the First World War for five years. In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler explains the final solution to the Jewish problem. He outlines all of his plans in the book, and was a best seller in Germany.

Max Vandenburg was able to escape Stuttgart by carrying Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ which highlights Hitler’s hatred for Jewish people. The words in this story enforced the cruelty of human’s, the German’s who succumbed to Hitler’s words became Nazi’s. In this context, it can be seen that words can be used in a negative way, however, Max would later paint over the pages of ‘Mein Kampf’ to write his own story, ‘The Standover Man’ which he would gift to Liesel, “Max had cut out a collection of pages from Mein Kampf and painted them over in white.” This novel was an act of kindness for Liesel who was fascinated by words yet could not buy novels or obtain them legally. Max’s second novel ‘The Word Shaker’ was also gifted to Liesel when he’d left for Dachau, in this he discusses the power of words and how they can be used in a cruel way, “Yes, the Fuhrer, decided that he would rule the world with words….. He watched them grow, until eventually, great forests of words had risen throughout Germany.” Through ‘Mein Kampf’, ‘The Standover Man’ and ‘The Word Shaker’ the reader can understand the power of words on human

After, what is considered by the Nazi’s as an “inhumane” act, some people start to despise hans, just because he helped a Jew. The quote “Silver eyes were pelted then,” really shows how loathed he was by everyone. The word “pelted” shows that he was hurled, attacked and in a way almost beaten up in a physiological way. The color “silver” is used throughout the book to describe various things, such as: Hans’s eyes, Hans’s accordion and The Gravedigger’s Handbook. Therefore, you could say in a way that the color “silver” was foreshadowing events which would unfold later. I find this phrase very unique, as it is trying to say that the kindness in Hans’ eyes were being attacked. “Silver” is usually associated with kindness, and it also refered as that in the book. So to say that “silver eyes were pelted then,” is almost like saying that he was being attacked, his kindness, which if you think, is very absurd and inhuman to the very least. It also mentions “a cart was turned over and paint flowed onto the street.” This is suggesting that people have turned over Hans’s paint cart, because of his behavior. This really illustrates that there was no sincerity in people, and cruelty had to be displayed, even for the most slightest human

Hitler believed that propaganda from the allies was the main reason that the Germans lost during World War I and felt that this form of warfare needed to be a primary tool in modern warfare. He spoke of this belief in his book Mein Kampf well before the start of the second World War. Hitler felt that the public needed to be inundated with the ideology of the state at all times and through all mediums (Jowett and O'Donnell 2). "To do this," he said "everything from child's story-book to the last newspaper, every theater, every cinema and every advertisement must be brought into the service of this single mission" (qt. in Qualter ix). This onslaught of propaganda led to the Holocaust by leaving no other option open to the German people

Connection: It is clear that Max resists and defies the Nazi regime and its goal by hiding from them and escaping death. In the novel, Max escapes with Walter Kugler to a hidden storeroom, despite this being very dangerous. Max, “The Jewish First Fighter,” does anything within his power to escape the Nazis, even if this means leaving behind his family. Max does not succumb to the Nazi ideology that Jews are inferior to Germans, and fights to survive in hiding. Although, the Jews and Max are surrounded by a hostile and terrorized population, Max is one of the very few to find a place to run to and hide. In essence, Max resists and defies the Nazi regime by not letting them kill him. Max’s survival is seen as a resistance to Hitler and injustice.

The Holocaust is a horrible time in human history. The leader of the Nazi party and one responsible for the Holocaust is Adolf Hitler. Many authors use the Holocaust and Hitler as a base for their books. One example of these books is Lord of the Flies. The book is set in the middle of World War 2. The book is about children that get stranded on an Island without adults. The children vote for a chief, Ralph. Jack was the competition for Ralph, after Jack lost the race for chief he started his Hunters. This relates to Hitler because people think he went mad because he did not get into his dream art school. They both had a crave for power after they failed. They both had the idea of their of an aryan race.

Hitler wrote “Mein Kampt” while in prison after a failed attempt to overthrow the German government.1 Throughout his book, Hitler expressed deep seated hatred towards Jews. He saw Jews as parasites and that their existence opposed natural laws. He believed the Aryan race superior to all other races.2 He held the Jews responsible for the creation of Marxism; Karl Marx’s economic theory is the foundation of Communism.3 Hitler truly hated Communism, conceivably on the grounds that Karl Marx was a German Jew. His military service during the Great War

Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes stood on a billboard right above the Valley of Ashes,serving as a godly figure watching over the society. The billboard was created as an advertisement for an eye doctor while symbolizing God’s surveillance over the people in the book. These eyes are vividly described as “[. . .] blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. The look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose...his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground [. . .]” (23). Fitzgerald portrays the large blue eyes, resembling God’s eyes, as being shaded by the yellow spectacles. The color yellow is seen throughout the novel, representing turmoil and corruption (Gatsby’s car). The color blue, showing the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, are disrupted by the yellow spectacles, left to see the corrupted society go astray.

Grey represents the Valley of Ashes because there is hopelessness, lifelessness and nothing there. In the Valley of Ashes there is a billboard, which has the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg on it. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg represents that God is always watching the events that unfolds. “ But his eyes, dimmed a little by the many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on

Hitler opens this chapter describing his dislike for how the future is moving towards a "peaceful contest of nations." Where instead of competing using violence, countries act like private citizens, cutting the ground from each other's feet and claiming it is harmless. The chapter then turns to Hitler's interest in war, describing his interest in the Boer war, the Ruso-Japanese war, and his position on World War I. He finds soldiers to be extremely heroic and tend to be more valuable than politicians, which he hates. His hatred of politicians stems from two policies he sees in the government: they spoon-feed their citizens news of a victory instead of letting them celebrate it, and the governments attitude towards Marxism. He believes Marxism

In Mein Kampf, Hitler wrote various hate-filled comments such as,“The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew”(“Mein Kampf: Jewish Virtual Library” 7). This is only one of the variou slurs the dictator used in the Mein Kampf. There were many controversial topics in the book, not just the derogation of the Jews. He explains the formation of his views and thoughts along with the construction of the Nazi party. Hitler “decided the he would rule the world with words” and he would be successful in doing so (Zusak 445). The printed work is one of the most popular and well known books in today’s time (Goss 20).Mein Kampf was an iconic symbol of WWII due to Adolf’s view of a future Germany.

“Even death has a heart” (Zusak 242). When death comes to mind it is thought of as a state, rather than being a character. In The Book Thief, Death was the narrator; Death explains that dying was not the worst thing that could happen to a person. Death uses symbols to help develop themes. Words have power, war goes further than the battlefield, and sometimes what should be done will cause the most regret are all themes taken from the book.

It pays a great deal of attention to what was going on outside the bunker and provides fascinating accounts of what was happening to other Nazi leaders, such as Himmler, Goering, Speer, Doenitz, and many others. It also does an excellent job of placing Hitler's last days within the fuller context of both Nazi and 20th-century German history.

By 1921, Hitler was leading the National Socialist German Workers' Party. He was a very effective speaker and captivated audiences for hours. He was persuasive and told people what they wanted to hear. Because of this, he was a very successful propaganda artist. Driven by Germany's loss in WWI and humiliation, which was a result of the terms in the treaty of Versailles, Hitler found many followers who sympathized with his cause. After his political group failed an attempt to overpower the Bavarian government, he was arrested and jailed for nine months. While imprisoned, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle), which was his autobiography, and it was full of his political ideas as well as the policies for what would become the Nazi organization. Later, he would use this book to spread his ideas and indoctrinate people into the Nazi party. At one point in time, he tried to destroy all other books in Germany. He required that Mein Kampf be taught in the schools, and children learned at a very young age that they were to be Nazis and support Hitler.

In short, Hitler’s book Mein Kampf shares the authors belief, sparked a great reaction from the world and was full of purpose, giving it a reason to be a popular subject among the citizens of the world. Mein Kampf offers the views of Adolf Hitler and his plans for Germany, and his story was read by a vast amount of