Short Story Of Liesel's Death

Liesel and her brother are travelling by train to Munich with their mother to be given to their foster parents when she notices her brother is sideways and dead. After Werner’s funeral, Liesel, overcome with shock and

When readers first meet Liesel Meminger, she is a young girl standing quietly with her mother and brother on the train. At this time, she seems confused and a little bit afraid. She doesn’t know exactly

Describe: Liesel and her best friend, Rudy Steiner, has been walking through town when a woman in a window above them looks to the streets and announces, “Die Juden;” The Jews. This is when a vast amount of Jewish prisoners begins to march their way down Munich Street while Nazi soldiers barked orders at them. To everyone, especially Liesel (who had a Jewish person living in her basement), this was the furthest thing from a pleasant sight. And apparently, Hans Hubermann had enough of this, as if being controlled by God himself, Hans walked over and offered a particularly weak Jew a piece of bread out of pure sympathy, only to be beaten by overlooking Nazis.

Liesel Meminger, who was a very sympathetic young girl which her words were used from her warm heart towards people. Frau Holtzapfel had lost both of her sons, so for her to be happy, Liesel would read to her a lot, which also made Frau Holtzapfel feel comforted. Also when Max was taken in by the Hubermann’s, he was a Jew, which meant he wasn’t allowed to see the outside world. Liesel would go outside and tell Max the

Liesel Meminger, coined “The Book Thief”, exhibits extraordinary acts of courage within the literary work. Since birth, Meminger has faced hardships; she deals with the absence of her father, the death of her younger brother, and the abandonment by her mother all within several years. These adversities lead to the development of Meminger’s courageous nature, which she displays throughout the novel. Acts of her courage include stealing books and trusting the Hubermanns After attending her brother’s funeral, Liesel notices that one of the gravediggers has dropped a novel. Looking around to make sure no one is watching her, she collects the book and hides it; stealing this book ignites the fire and desire inside of her to learn how to read and expand her knowledge. After Liesel Meminger arrives to the Hubermanns’ house in Molching, Germany, she has to be coaxed out of the car. Finally, Hans Hubermann, later known as Papa, is the successor in luring the child out of the car, he immediately gains her trust, unlike his cold counterpart, Rosa Hubermann. Despite Rosa’s foul mouth and direct orders, “Saumensch. You call me Mama when you talk to me” (Zusak 35), Liesel eventually learns to trust and love her. Learning to love and to trust the Hubermanns shows how courageous Liesel truly is since she had previously faced the abandonment/death of two parents.

Hans took Liesel into his home; he showed her compassion and grace from the minute she stepped out of the car. He realized that she was nervous and scared about moving, he was the only one that tried to sit down and help her. “‘Leave her alone.’ Hans Hubermann entered the fray. His gentle voice made its way in, as if slipping through a crowd. ‘Leave her to me.’” (33) Hans recognized that Liesel was having a hard time with moving, he wanted to help. Hans channeled his guilt into acceptance for a girl that was broken and just needed a home. He accepted her as one of his own and helped her through a time of need. Hans felt the need to return the favor the Erik had given him by helping others out.

Despite warnings about German intentions toward Jews, many Jews fail to flee to others country. Many Jews have to sent to the camp Auwschitz. Eliezer with his dad struggle at the camp and meet Stein. There live are keep passing day by day until one day, Stein’s death came.

In the novel Liesle really wants to learn how to read. Liesel picks up this book called The Gravedigger's Handbook. She has grown very attached to this book. What’s ironic about this book is that she was at her dead brothers “ceremony” and she found the book that fell from the grave diggers pocket that’s all about how to bury dead people . For example it says “ Standing to Liesel’s left, the gravediggers were rubbing their hands together and whining about the snow and the current digging conditions… When he walked away, after a few dozen paces, a black book fell innocuously from his coat pocket without his knowledge” ( Zusak 23). This shows that it’s ironic because the diggers have this book about burying dead people, and they just buried Liesel’s brother. Liesel continues her journey through Himmel street. Himmel street means for

Hans Hubermann: I think Hans is worthy of getting 50% of the responsibility of Liesel’s life because he has taught her to read and write which is Liesel’s life. She thrives off of reading her books that she has stolen and been given. I also think he is worthy of this because he is the reason why Liesel is so comfortable with her new home. They instantly had a connection and throughout the novel this only grows and becomes stronger.

Schindler got a visit from a young woman by the name of Regina Perlman, who wanted him to bring her parents from Russia to his factory, so they would not be killed because of how old they were. Schindler didn’t agree at first but after talking to Stern he brought her parents to work in his factory, he gave up his watch as an exchange for them. Schindler tried to move his Jews to his factory and found out that they were sent to a different camp. He had to buy some of his Jews

Liesel wants to walk with her, but both her and Max are beaten senseless by the Gestapo. The rest of the book goes on about the life of Liesel and her book thievery. Being a poor girl in Nazi Germany, her and Rudy did more stealing than books. In one instance in winter, they put water on a sidewalk.

Response: Books have comforted Liesel Meminger during times where she had been struggling with feelings many people today have not had to cope with. The first instance of a book easing Liesel’s feeling was The Gravedigger’s Handbook. The main reason that Liesel loved this book so much was because it was one of the few memories of her deceased brother and mother. On page 24, Liesel took the book after one of the gravediggers, who buried her brother, dropped it. After Liesel was adopted by the Hubermann family, she constantly had late night terrors about her brother and her mother. However, her new father, Hans Hubermann, would comfort her and have his “midnight class” where he slowly read The

Everyone's reaction was a mean, nasty door slam to the the face. The boy, peter, said people don't like talking about it because they want to forget about it and they also feel of shamed of what they did during the holocaust or what they didn't do. Many people were forced to kill others and people couldn't help even if Hey wanted to, because they would be risking their families. They sneak in to a place where records about everyone who died during the holocast were kept. When they went in they got caught by a woman. Sara told the woman her story and the woman let them have 20 minutes. After 20 minutes the woman return and realized Sarah and Peter were looking at it document that was for Karen Frankel . Sara explained that it was her mom and the woman got emotional and wouldn't say anything. After pleading Sara got to know that her mom was abused and raped by one of the nazis. She went back to the place she was staying and told Peter she wants to go back to Canada . Peter told Sara to come to the doctors office where he works and he would pick her up there. When the doctor came out he decided to ignore

After losing her mother and her brother, Liesel’s life and identity is changed drastically many times. It is through books that she discovers and becomes comfortable with this change. When she first meets Hans and Rosa Hubermann, her new foster parents, she does not wish to speak with them or get to know them. However, once Hans discovers Liesel with the book she stole when her brother was buried, The Gravedigger’s Manual, they bond over Hans teaching Liesel to read. Liesle describes the first time her and Hans have a lesson in the middle of the night: “She had done this at school, in the kindergarten class, but this time was better. … It was nice to watch Papa’s hand as he wrote the words and slowly constructed the primitive sketches” (Zusak

Question #2 Answer: Liesel had “stole” a book, but she had found it on the ground. The ironic thing about the book was that although it was a book that she would cherish as a treasure, it was a guide to grave digging,