The Book Thief

Friendship is one of the key character traits in the novella. For instance, friendship would be Lennie and George, their friendship is what holds them together and although Lennie is not smart, George still accompanies him as a friend. Continuously as George play more tricks on Lennie he began to see how Lennie didn't care for the tricks, he knew he had a friend. Another example would be Candy and his pet. How candy has had his dog for a while describing how he had his dog since he was a puppy; and how they had herded sheep together. Even though everyone else hated the

The Book Thief is a story written by Markus Zusak and set in nazi-Germany, 1939-1943. Markus Zusak mostly writes fiction. He has won 4 major prices with The Book Thief, like Kathleen Mitchell Award (2006) and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (2009). The theme that is most present in the novel is love and friendship. The theme is really well written and definitely makes up most of the story’s success.

All in all, you can learn many ideas pertaining to the topic of friendship from this book. Among the most important are: to never leave your friend, both figuratively and literally, you should always be worrying about your friend, and you should never take them for

Liesel most definitely could have trusted Rudy with the secret of having Max hidden in her basement. Rudy was clearly Liesel’s best friend and partner in crime when Liesel was doing her acts of thievery stealing the books from the mayor’s wife bookself. The devotion to Liesel Rudy also had was strong and I believe Liesel could have trusted Rudy.

In the exhilarating tale, The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, a character that would serve well as a best friend is Hans Hubermann. Hans is a great example of someone who is a great friend because he is very compassionate. Hans showed compassion in the story when he cared for Liesel as his own daughter and when he risked his life for the sake of Max Vandenburg’s. On page 36 of the text, it states, “Every night, Liesel would nightmare. … Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann her new papam into the room to soothe her, to love her.” This shows that Hans Hubermann is compassionate towards Liesel and he is there when she needs love. Also, Liesel can count on him to lift up her spirits when she is

Most movies/documentaries that are made or books that are written on the Holocaust show the brutality of it and the horror. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak does that but it also shows the beauty among the poor working class Germans, such as love, friendship and subtle resistance. It also proves not all Germans believed in what Hitler was doing and that people like Liesel, Rudy, Max, and the Hubermanns were able to see the beauty in life while surrounded by so much ruin. Each character has a personal experience with the ugliness that Hitler brought with the Holocaust, but everyone also is able to see that light can be found even during the darkest of times.

“Even death has a heart.” (The Book Thief, pg 242) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a book of death, love, and survival. There is the death of a friend, love of a parent, and survival of those who can take it. World War II was a devastating period and many did not have the mental strength to survive it. The Book Thief is about Liesel Meminger and all her accounts with death and how she coped with it, how she survives it all through words. The book is narrated by Death, and throughout the book, he adds in his own input at times. The Book Thief makes you realize the power that words can have, you just have to pay attention to them.

“We might say of friendships that they are a matter not of diversion or of return but of meaning,” a closing comment from an article titled “Friendship in the Age of Economics,” by Todd May. In the article, the author uses Aristotle’s thinking on the three types of friendship to discuss how friendships of today are affected by the constant need for productivity that accompanies the modern lifestyle. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are two friends. As they travel to find work their friendship is tested by people at the ranch and the situation they find themselves in. As opposed to friends, The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst, is the story of two brothers.

Creating a vinculum with someone else can be very difficult. Starting a relationship can be the hardest part for a shy person. This difficulty can get worse if this person itself has lost the confidence in others, when everyone is against him/her. But, when two people meet, and start a friendship, having things in common may straighten this link between them. Besides, this people may support each other making a bad situation endurable. A great example of this type of relationships is clearly exposed on Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief. This book tells a story that takes place in Germany during World War II. A little girl whose name is Liesel Meminger and a young Jewish man called Max Vandenburg have many things in common and their lives have been marked by death, words and fear. And thanks to Life’s whims Liesel and Max create a strong bond that lasts for a lifetime. Both Liesel and Max have a strong relationship since they evade Nazi persecution, have nightmares and are united by

In the exhilarating tale, The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, a character that would serve well as a best friend is Hans Hubermann. Hans is a great example of someone who is a great friend because he is very compassionate. Hans showed compassion in the story when he cared for Liesel as his own daughter and when he risked his life for the sake of Max Vandenburg’s. On page 36 of the text, it states, “Every night, Liesel would nightmare. … Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann her new papa into the room to soothe her, to love her.” This shows that Hans Hubermann is compassionate towards Liesel and he is there when she needs love. Also, Liesel can count on him to lift up her spirits when she is feeling

Various people refer to a friendship as a violin. The music may stop every now and then, but most importantly, the strings last forever. A friendship may have its ups and downs, but a true friendship should never perish. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men illustrates the importance of a close friendship, and the dependability that comes along with that relationship. Thomas Aquinas, an Italian philosophers, wisely said, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than a true friendship” (Aquinas).

'The Book Thief' is a book written by Markus Zusak. It tells the story of a girl named Liesel, she is taken to a new home because her mother can't afford to take care of her. Death is the narrator of the story, who is different than you might think because he has a lot of humor. " Even Death has a heart" is a sentence written in the book.

Friendship between a boy and a girl is adorable when they are young but as they get older, they sometimes start to develop more feelings toward one another. In the novel The Book Thief, Zusak portrays a friendship that prospers and once their world crumbles, they realize that they truly love each other. Because friendship sparks a glow in people's hearts, overtime it progresses and grows into a passion called love. As kids, Liesel and Rudy run into trouble and that makes their friendship grow. For example, Rudy does whatever he can for Liesel and he cares for her in her worst moments: “He was there for her at the beginning, and he would be there later on, when Liesel’s frustration boiled over”(36).

The Book Thief was an excellent book. The beginning started out with Death explaining all of the times where he encountered the book thief. The first time Death encountered the Book Thief (A.K.A. Liesel Meminger) was on a train with her brother and her mother. Her brother died when on the train, and at her brother's funeral she stole her first book called “ The Grave Digger's Handbook.” After her brother died, her mother sent her to a foster home and left her there. She stayed with Hans Hubermann and Rosa Hubermann in which she learns to love them. Hans is very good at the accordion and teaches Liesel the joy in rolling cigarettes. Rosa is very strict and constantly swears. She becomes friends with a boy named Rudy Steiner who loves to run.

Firstly, the theme of friendship in the novel was shown through unbreakable bond of the protagonists. They had connected instantly upon working together at Maidsend Airfield in England. Together, the team used Maddie’s directional skills and Julie’s ability to speak multiple languages to navigate a lost airplane (Wein 43). This had been