Unconventional Love In The Book Thief

Over the course of reading The Book Thief, readers will come to know about Markus Zusak’s constant use of descriptive words, figurative language, and character plots throughout the story. In one particular part of the novel, Zusak shows an example of all three of these points to support one of the many central themes he gives us. While Liesel is standing in front of the burnt offerings near the town hall and the square after a Hitler rally, she sees a book underneath all of the hot ash. This moment allows Zusak to go into explicit detail to make a point about the significance of the moment to the reader. In The Book Thief, Zusak uses vocabulary that evokes recklessness and stealthiness, personification about books, and Liesel’s internal

The theme love can be seen in a lot of different ways, like love for your family, being in love with someone, and loving a certain object. All these ways of love are discussed in the book. For example, Liesel first found Rudy filthy, but later in the book she kisses him. Also, Rosa swears a lot to Liesel, but when Liesel puts herself in serious danger, she tells her to be careful, which shows she really does love Liesel. Love for objects is also present. A big example of this are the books that Liesel steals or receives. These book cheer her up when she feels down, and give her comfort in times that she needs it. These books give her her own viewpoint on Germany and form her

War cannot exist without hatred, and hatred cannot be soothed by more hate; it can only be masked by love. World War II was a time for darkness and death, injustice and inequality. People were subjected to acts of inhumanity and hatred, simply for being who they were, having thoughts and showcasing their opinions. Markus Zusak introduces characters such as Liesel and the Hubermanns, who live in Nazi Germany, in the midst of destruction and horror. The war deeply affects their way of living, bringing unwanted conflict in their lives. In The Book Thief, love is a prominent theme which works to hide and soothe the hatred brought along by the war; Max Vandenburg, a Jewish person, finds that the love shown to him by the Hubermanns overpower the hatred he faces because of how he was born, and Liesel and the Hubermanns learn that showing love when the war comes to Molching can help create a sense of comfort and safety.

Kindness can be defined as the the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Kindness can be found throughout the novel, The Book Thief, people need kindness from people to rely on, since the book is set in such a horrific time period. Liesel, one of the main characters, is a young girl who is living in the time of the holocaust, she is having a difficult time with coping with the death of her brother and now being set to live with strangers. Zusak uses a few characters to bring Liesel happiness, as she already been through enough, and has so much to go through. A few people including: Hans Hubermann,Ilsa Hermann, and Rudy Steiner show Leisel miniscule humble acts of kindness and affect Lisel´s life.

The Book Thief is set in Nazi Germany where showing the smallest acts of love and compassion were sometimes considered as crimes. Love is shown in the form of loyalty, camaraderie and love of family. Although, love is often thought to be romantic but love in The Book Thief is not. The novel is mostly controlled by death and cruelty. Showing love will always be stronger than hate because loving something comes more naturally to humans than hating. Markus Zusak suggests that love is ultimately stronger than hate, when Hans Hubermann slaps his foster daughter, Liesel Meminger, across the face, when Rosa Hubermann looks after Frau Holtzapfel or when Hans Hubermann gives a Jew the crust of a stale piece of bread. These incidents might not look as if they’re examples of love, but they are.

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.

Some individuals show their love in odd ways. Liesel lives in a new household; The Hubermann household. Rosa, her knew mother used physical attacks to prove her love. “But she did love Liesel Meminger. Her way of showing it just happened to be strange. It involved bashing her with wooden spoon and words at various intervals” (Zusak 35). This quote can relate to “The Stranger,” by Camus because Salamano mistreated his canine but he still loved him. Both novels relate to each other by showing different views of love, even if they seem negative.

The book I will be discussing is The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. This historical fiction novel's central question is about how humans can do both the most beautiful and the most appalling things. Therefore, this central question is, what are humans capable of? How are they capable of such great things, as well, as such horrible things? In this essay, I argue that The Book Thief has more than one important theme and all of them helped to advance the plot and influence the story.

The Book Thief starts off right before the Holocaust, with Liesel on a train with her mother and younger brother. They are going to meet their new foster parents in Germany. When all of the Werner her little brother starts coughing, and then leans over and dies! So the train stops and they get off and buried him and the gravedigger drops his book and Liesel picks it up and takes it with her, but she cannot even read. When they finally get to the foster parents house she doesn’t want to go in, but some how Hans her foster father gets her to come in. She really likes him, but doesn’t know about Rosa her foster mom.

In the Book Thief, Markus Zusak makes it easy to picture the soul crushing era of the holocaust, and all its horrors. The Book Thief is a delicate, painful, and intricately structured piece of writing narrated by Death itself and takes place in Nazi Germany. Throughout the story Zusak makes it clear that the power of words and relationships impact people's lives, and those surrounding them. The story itself falls under historical and dramatic writing, making it nonfiction for anyone interested those genres.

The book thief by Markus Zusak Told from the narrator deaths perspective is based during WW2. The novel revolves around a girl named Liesel and her journey through life as she learns about loss, friendship and humanity. At the age of 9 Liesel is adopted by a foster family, while suffering from the loss of her brother Liesel sets on a journey to learn how to read and write, through stolen books. Therefore the text portrays the power of words as part of the text is about Liesel's experiences as she slowly learns to read and write, gradually understanding the events taking place around her. Through Liesel the author portrays themes of love and friendship as Liesel overcomes the loss of her brother and being abandoned by her birth mother

Markus Zusak was born on June 23rd, 1975. He is from Australia, and is best known for writing his famous book The Book Thief, a historical fiction story that takes place at the heat of World War Two. Zusak’s mom immigrated to Australia from Germany, and she at first was unable to speak or write English. Zusak’s father was born in Austria, and he also ended up moving to Australia.

Once in the kingdom of Florence in 1478, a man who goes by the name of the assassin finally does something for the people. “Quick assassin the king thief wants you” said a henchman. Later, “ah the assassin, I need you to kill the night dog’s and the bloody witch” said the thief king. (Quickly) “How much” I asked. “400,000 Florence” the thief king said. “Consider it done” I bravely said.

In the wide list of subjects that makes people uncomfortable , death has to be ranking near the top. Regardless of how much one avoids it, death is the inevitable and completely unavoidable conclusion to life. That is why, when picking up “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, one may be at first thrown back from the unusual choice of narration. After reading it for quite some time though, it is easy to understand why the author cleverly chose “Death” as the narrator for the book.

The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is narrated by Death, who tells the story of Liesel Meminger. It is January 1939, and Liesel, who is about ten years old, is traveling with her mother and her little brother Werner. Liesel and Werner are taken to a town called Molching, just outside of Munich, Germany, to live with their foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann, because their mother was too poor to take care of them. Werner unfortunately died on the train due to poverty, hunger, coldness, and the lack of medicine to cure him of his sickness. Before Liesel arrival at Molchin, she attend her brother’s burial in a snowy graveyard. She steals The Grave Digger’s Handbook from the cemetery after