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Na Komm Analysis

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The two significant characters chosen are Liesel Meminger and her foster mother Rosa Hubermann. At first, their relationship is one in which Rosa cares for Liesel and loves her, but does not show this love and care openly, so Liesel feels quite distant from her. When Liesel first arrived, she refused to get out of the car. Unlike Hans Hubermann who quietly invited Liesel to come out, Rosa had simply enquired “[what was] wrong with [Liesel]”, and “stuck her face inside the car” and said “ ‘Na, komm. Komm. ’” The interrogative sentence used by Rosa shows her annoyance and impatience, as asking “[what was] wrong” with someone showed dissatisfaction in that someone. The word “stuck” is an action which is sudden and has connotations of impoliteness. …show more content…

This shows that Rosa did not seem caring to Liesel. The translation of “ ‘Na, komm. Komm.” is “come on, come over”. The repetition of the word “komm” gives the sentence a slightly more rushed feel, showing Rosa’s impatience with Liesel. All this shows that Rosa did not seem to give Liesel love. However, it is mentioned by Death that Rosa “did love Liesel… It involved bashing her with wooden spoons and words”. This shows that Rosa did care for Liesel, it just was not shown openly. Liesel is shown not to feel close with Rosa, as when Rosa told Liesel to call her “Mama” and Hans “Papa”, she did it “[w]ith a typical fistful of words”. The word “fistful” shows how Rosa did not speak gently, but forcefully as “fistful” has connotations of force. Liesel had “answered quietly” to this. The word “quietly can suggest timidness, showing how Liesel had not felt close to

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