Summary : ' The 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

The Book Thief, written by an Australian author, Markus Zusak, is a devastatingly powerful historical-fiction novel that bears several re-readings. Being one of the greatest, most divinely-written epilogues in my school library, The Book Thief, is a soul-shattering, thought-provoking story that undoubtedly can be recommended to the young and old alike. This poignant, prolonged, but achingly sad book, is the pinnacle of contemporary historical-fiction, poised to become a classic. Phenomenally breathtaking, and inspiring, bringing nothing but anticipatory dread, this lyrical, surreal book, though depressingly morbid at times, was my “gateway” to historical-fiction. The tribulations and trials provided in the novel, had inevitable passion, perspective

The Book Thief is set in the time of World War 2 where the Holocaust is present and disaster is everywhere. Throughout the story, Liesel, the main character, learns that words are extremely powerful and hold the ability for people to use them for good or for evil. Among the disaster and altercations, Liesel uses her literature to comfort her and make herself more powerful due to her knowledge, which demonstrates the theme of the story, the comfort and power of literature and words softens the pain of loss.

Have you ever wished you could have superpowers? Jennifer A. Nielsen succeeds in granting this wish with her masterpiece, Mark of the Thief. This book is a thriller for those who enjoy fantasy books. Throughout the book, the author discusses the lives of slaves through the main character, Nicolas Calva. The suggested age for readers is preteens due to the humor and violent content.

The Book Thief starts out with a gloomy kinda character who starts off giving a truthful yet harsh fact. When you keep reading you realize that character is the narrator. The narrator in The Book Thief is Death. Death likes to observe colors so he can give himself a distraction. His favorite color is a very dark dark chocolate-colored sky. He uses these colors because he can't stand to look at the left over humans ( the survivor) but from time to time he fails. Death tells the story through his eyes. He tells you about the souls that he took. He tells you about the book

Death describes himself a little; he doesn't carry a scythe, or wear a black robe unless its cold, and he looks like any person. 1942 is a very busy year for him, and he needs a vacation. There are so many humans to collect and colors to see. War is not Death's best friend, as the saying goes, but more like a demanding boss. When he remembers that year he likes to think of a little beauty as well, though, so he returns to the book thief's story.

Life during the 1940’s was hard for the entire world. As Germany caused suffering and loss in multiple other countries, the people of Germany suffered as well. The Book Thief follows the story of a German girl named Liesel, who was forced to be taken away from her family at a young age. She then becomes the foster daughter of Rosa and Hans Hubermann, whose children have grown up and left. Liesel struggles to understand why her mother had left her, and why Hitler was causing all of the bad things in her life to happen. In The Book Thief, Markus Zusak uses the theme of loss to show how it can bring people closer together.

There are many books that will teach you important lessons. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak there are many lessons to be learned. Some of the lessons that the book teaches is that courage is the key to achieve anything, fear can be distracted, and Death’s kindness. These lessons are important to learn.

The book starts off with Liesel, aka the book thief, on a train traveling to Munich with her brother named Werner and their mother. But on the way there the train stops working and Werner ends up dying, but while he is being buried Liesel takes a book from one of the gravediggers. After getting on another train they get to Munich where Liesel is giving away to foster care. She really doesn’t want to leave but she knows that it’s for the best that she leaves her mother and go into foster care.

This theme can be seen in the book many times. Since Liesel has foster parents and there pretty poor ,Liesel goes out and steals books with Rudy to defy against Nazi beliefs. Thievery is not a good thing and it's something that’s against what the law say, but in the book thievery is used by Liesel and Rudy to show an act of brutality to the Nazis.

Books can sate, motivate, and inspire a reader without standing the test of time. There are a multitude of books released today that can change a reader’s life without making their mark on history. Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is a prime example of this. Most critics agree that The Book Thief is a quality read, but there is no telling whether it will last throughout the ages of literature. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a novel that has lasted since its release in the nineteenth century, and critics continue to praise it. Jane Eyre shares similarities to The Book Thief; however, The Book Thief will not stand the test of time because of its lack of completely original themes and ideas.

While Ishmael and his friends were going to the village that others had said their parents were; they ran into a guy name Gasemu. He was picking fruit and asked them to help him carry some to the village. They really didn’t want to help him because they were so anxious to meet up with their family. They helped anyway but as they got closer to the village they heard gun shots and had to take cover. Once the coast was clear, they all went to the village to see what was left. As they approached the village, they saw tons of dead bodies on the ground which was covered with blood. They started blaming each other for not being able to see their families. Ishamel said he would have even wanted to die with his family, sohe started to blame Gasemu for

Events can significantly affect someone’s way of life, whether it be their personality, or how they go about living. It’s just like how a child learns from their actions and consequences, or how a person’s beliefs are influenced by their family. The world is based on influence, as well as the characters from The Book Thief. Whether is be Max, Liesel, or Hans, they all have one thing in common, their trauma and important or powerful events throughout their life have influenced them to at a certain way.

Now this is the story of how Liesel’s life got flipped, turned upside-down. And I’d like to take a minute; just sit right there. I’ll tell you how she became a princess in a town called Molching. Ok, the story is way too dark to be making Fresh Prince of Bel Air references.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak left a lot of beauty to the imagination and tears to the eyes. The astonishing and suspenseful events will just pull you in. The voice in the story is narrated in first person by the inevitable entity of death who interprets each event into colors. He isn’t an actual character in the book, but does indirectly show up. Death cannot help his self but to visit the living sometimes.