The Book Thief Foreshadowing Analysis

Foreshadowing is when the author drops hints to reveal some thing later on in the story. King writes "Did you put on any weight?". McCann put on a significant amount of weight. The consequens was the lose of the little finger. Stephen King used foreshadowing to make the piece at the end, when Morrison meets McCanns wife, relevent.

You know the old saying, “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt me.” That’s not always true and is shown in “The Book Thief”. Words are powerful and it’s shown many times throughout the book, whether it be through Rosa Hubermann's loud tones of “Saumensch” and “Arschloch”, or the barely whispering sound of “Kommunist” that drove Liesel's first mama out. “The Book Thief’s” use of words and novels is not truly about the dictionary definition, but about the meaning and power behind it. So the question begs what is the meaning and power of words in “The Book Thief”?

“You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.” (Ziglar) In The Book Thief, Liesel uses the power of words to positively influence how people feel. This can be seen through Liesel’s interactions with Max throughout the novel. Similarly, the story of “The Word Shaker” shows the powerful influence of words both good and bad. Finally, Liesel’s interactions with Max, provide yet another example of how words can make a positive impact on another person. The positive effect of words can be seen through the actions of Liesel’s character in “The Word Shaker”. However, words can also be used in a negative way in like in“The Word Shaker” when Max is trembling at the words of Mein Kampf and when in “The Word Shaker

When Max moved into the Hubermann’s basement, it was a favor for the person that saved Hans’s life, “‘He saved my life’” (Zusak 179). This is where we need to understand the power of words and see that they are the difference between life and death. When Hans make this promise, not knowing that the power of his words was going to affect him in the future, it really was the difference between the life and death. Next, there was the situation with the bombing in Molching. When Death is collecting the souls in the Hubermann household, as said by Death, “But there was no Liesel in that house. Not for me, anyways” (Zusak 532). During this time, Liesel was writing her own book in the basement. The words were powerful, and in this lucky situation, they literally did save her life. Again, understanding that there is so much power within one person with words. They come from people and they are able to create amazing stories and say amazing things with them. It is amazing how powerful one book can be with all the words in it. By way of contrast, words still do have the power to ruin lives. During this time period, Hitler had so much power with his words. To further explain, “The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. Without words, the Fuhrer was nothing. There would be no limping prisoners, no need for consolation or worldly tricks to make us feel better. What good were the words?”

This part of the novel resembles a point in Liesel’s character in which she was passionate about the things she was feeling - almost as if she was determined to do something about it. As this event occurred, Liesel was filled with anger about her parent’s disappearance. She had recently found out that Hitler had something to do with it, which pushed Liesel to the conclusion that Hitler was not a man to be celebrated. As her hatred for Nazi ideals grew, so did her bravery.

Max Vandenburg, who was a very supportive boy of Liesel, always helped her during her worst times and even her best times. Max had missed Liesel’s 12th birthday so he made her a little gift. He took a book called Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, but made it his own called The Standover Man. He gave this book to Liesel as it symbolizes how people have always stood over him in his life to help him just like Liesel has. “During that week, Max had cut out a collection of pages from Mein Kampf and painted over them in white. He then hung them up with pegs on some string, from one end of the basement to the other … Only then, on the paper that had bubbled and humped under the stress of drying paint, did he begin to write the story. It was done with a small black paintbrush” (Zusak 223). This quote reflects the power of words because Max is doing this for Liesel since they are good friends, and since it's her birthday. This comes to show that Max is about positive words towards his friends, but mainly Liesel.

The book 's importance is explained through Death where ‘“The books meaning 1. The last time she saw her brother. 2. The last time she saw her mother.” Despite Liesel being illiterate, the Gravedigger’s handbook holds significant meaning for the character. Liesel has an overwhelming feeling of loss of control and acts out in rebellion to steal the book that lay beside her brothers grave. By stealing the book, she has a reminder of her small family and it stops her feeling defeated by her ever changing life, which she has no control over. This idea is then reinforced with another action of the character. Liesel then finds out that Hitler was the cause of the suffering and loss of freedom of the people she loved and knew in her life.This second act of rebellion takes place while Liesel visits a Nazi book burning. Liesel soon understands that the Nazi’s burnt books to brainwash citizens of Germany(_____). As a result of this Lisel then understands the importance and power words have, causing her to again acts rebelliously in a protest. “And it was anger and dark hatred that had fueled her desire to steal it.” This passage from the novel shows the emotions of Liesel. As a character who is unable to express herself verbally, her actions speak for her. Liesel 's desire to understand words begins to grow, with her understanding that Nazis burn books in fear of what they may do to society.

In chapter twelve we see once again Ender’s instinct to win for all time during a battle. Even with the odds stacked against him, Ender defeated Bonzo’s army. Ender realizes that Bonzo, if he didn’t already, hates Ender to his core, “this would surely turn his rage murderous […] Bonzo will be thirsting for blood now” (195). Petra attempts to warn Ender that he is in danger but, he already knows this. All five of his platoon leaders escort him to his room that night. When he arrives, he finds that Dink has left him a message of warning, “Don’t ever be alone. –Dink” (205). Ender can only sleep because he thinks that surely the teachers will keep him safe outside of the battle room. However, Graff insists that Ender must handle things on his own, that there will be

Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir of one boy's time during the Holocaust and the horrors he and the other Jews endure. Many of the horrendous things he survives happen in the evening hours or nighttime. The narrator often repeats the word night to symbolize everything horrific that happens to him, which are equally important to the plot, making 'night' a perfect title.

Mothers are notorious for their words. For their sayings that their children can quote word for word after hearing them countless times. For example, “I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed.” It’s that word. Disappointed. It feels like she’s telling you in just six words that you utterly ‘broke her heart’ by doing something that you thought was no big deal, but apparently to her means everything. Words can have a profound impact on people, especially if they are coming from someone you love and respect (like your mom). In the novel The Book Thief, words serve as a powerful influence over Liesel. In learning the words, Liesel also discovers the power they hold, making the words the true hero of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief.

In Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief, Death narrates the lives of Liesel Meminger, a young German girl, and Max Vandenburg, a Jew hiding in Liesel’s basement. Throughout the novel Zusak creates a gloomy, dark mood through his application of imagery and foreshadowing as well as his choice of Death as the narrator. One device Zusak uses to set the mood is imagery. “Within minutes, mounds of concrete and earth were stacked and piled. The streets were ruptured veins.

You would be surprised about how much The Book Thief and Ender’s Game can relate to our lives. It may not seem like the two novels relate to us at all, but they actually do. In The Book Thief, young orphaned Liesel comes to live with Rosa and Hans Hubermann on Himmel Street in Munich, Germany. Soon Hans learns that Liesel cannot read. He then slowly teaches her how to using the first book she had even stolen called, “The Grave Digger”. She begins to love books and steals more, only to learn that her love of books will save her life one day. In Ender’s Game, Ender Wiggin is only alive for one purpose, to save the world. In his early years of life, Ender is sent to Battle School to train to become a hero. Throughout his entire life he was

A small street, Himmel Street, which is home to the house of Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Rosa and Hans foster 9-year old Liesel (an orphan), despite her brother passing away on the train. Furthermore, the Hubermann’s take in Max Vandenburg, a Jew who had saved Hans’s life. Despite the loss of her brother, a changing environment, and a new family Liesel discovers a joy of reading and knowledge which helps her become accustomed to her new life. This is the story of Liesel in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Liesel also uses her words to hurt llsa hermann when she tells liesel that she couldn't afford to pay rosa for work anymore and liesel tells her she is pathetic because she can’t cope with her son’s death (262). Llsa gives liesel a book so that she could write what she wanted to write in the book and liesel decides to write a book of her life while the lives of everyone she loved was being taken by the bombs that were dropped on the place know has himmel street all because of a miscommunication of words. So words can not only hurt and heal but can also take the soul of someone if not properly communicated . At times one may feel words don't really matter or you may feel no one is listening, but someone may be listening even when there's a feeling that they're not . Max is an great and obvious example of this.

They are considered bad people to hang around by the town and to some parents, and example of this is pointed out be Gordie’s dad when Gordie mentioned his “friends” in front of him, he called them a “thief”. When they found out about the dead body, they wanted to be famous and make something out of them selfs on the news and media, they went out on a journey to find the body. This trip helps them build up their identity in being considered hero and not a thief by the town by finding the kids dead body.