Young Liesel In Markus Zusak's The Book Thief

Reluctance or stubbornness in ending impulsive actions can have consequences. In the Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger’s inability to halt her dangerous habits put her and others’ lives in dangerous situations. Three main examples of Liesel’s dangerous activities are when she steals books, when she demonstrates kindness at improper times, and when she disrespects others for her own selfish reasons. In all these examples, there is always one moment where Liesel places her or others in harm’s way and narrowly escapes punishment.

"No matter how many times she was told she was loved there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment" (Zusak 32). The novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl who struggles through WWII and faces the pain and suffering of abandonment. When one is faced with such an abandonment and is forced to cope on their own, they may feel lost and alone. These emotions force people to find comfort. As in Liesel 's case, some people find comfort in books and words. Liesel 's perspective on abandonment can be seen through how she coped with her childhood trauma, Max 's illness and the Himmel Street bombing.

Liesel began to help Rosa Hubermann by helping with the laundry of Ilsa Hermann, the mayor’s wife. Liesel and Ilsa developed a bond when Liesel started stealing books from the library without knowing that Ilsa Hermann knew of her actions. Ilsa placed a letter in a book that she was sure Liesel would take. She explains in her letter “I must tell you that I am not so stupid as to not see your fingerprints in the library”. Through Liesel’s act of stealing, Ilsa invited Leisel over and offered her to read whenever she came. Moreover, Liesel developed a relation with Frau Holtzapfel in spite of the fact she used to spit on doorstep of Hans and Rosa’s house. Liesel started to read to Frau. “They get to Frau Holtzapfel's house, and she grumpily orders Liesel to start reading” (238). Liesel began to visit Frau to read to her despite her history with Rosa

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is about a young girl named Liesel who goes through a series of emotional traumatizing experiences that involves in her losing those she really loves and cares for. An example of this was at the very beginning of the book when her brother dies from a fever and her mother leaves her to be adopted. The main character Liesel goes through a series of positive and negative events that molded her to becoming the character she becomes by the end of the novel. One of whose series of events that is relevant and also contributes towards molding Liesel’s character would be when she becomes an orphan in the beginning of the book, learns how to read, and her reunion with Max.

The mayor’s wife tried to give Liesel a book and told her she could come read anytime, but Liesel thought it was a pity gift and insulted the mayor’s wife unscrupulously. A few weeks later, the Hubermann’s took in a Jew, Max Vandenburg, who was recluse in the basement. Then Max got a horrific affliction and was forced to sleep in Liesel’s room. Even though Max’s recovery seemed hapless, Liesel was always optimistic that Max would recuperate. Liesel brought him gifts and read to him while he was ill, which shows how caring Liesel is to

Liesel is the protagonist in the book thief. She has more qualities of an underdog than death. Liesel is the very definition of Protagonist, is much more quite than death to be the protagonist, and acts like a protagonist would.

You can love someone, and they can love you, but in a second they can be gone forever. In the book thief, liesel lost many people that she loved, like her brother, and mother. But that was changed because she had a new family. She found people that filled in the hole that was there for her. To be there for her again. In the book thief, characters shown that when you lose someone you love, you seek new relationships to fill the void.

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

You hear the sirens. They warn you to run into your basement that is crammed with other people. You look next to you and see a grown man crying. You’re being bombed. Told by the view of death, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a story about Liesel Meminger who is taken to live with foster parents after her parents are deemed unfit to take care of her. Liesel is now living in Molching, Germany during World War II and is learning the miraculous ways of people and death. Because Liesel lives during World War II, she transforms into a fierce girl, a curious child, and an extreme bookworm.

Liesel Meminger In Markus Zusak’s book, The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger holds the status of being a hero from beginning to end. Liesel starts as a foster child and finds a family. Her neighbor, Rudy, becomes her best friend, partner in crime, literally, and eventually, her true love. Her foster parents become real parents to her and Max, the Jew hiding in their basement, becomes family.

In the novel The Book Thief Markus Zusak uses many different characters, experiences, and control factors to greatly illustrate the life of a young girl and her book living experience through the Holocaust.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is classified as a historical fiction novel because it tells a story that takes place during a tragic period in human history. This book reminds readers of the unspeakable acts that occurred during World War II under the Nazi Regime in Germany. The book focuses on the life of a nine year old girl, Liesel Meminger, living in Germany during this period of history. Markus Zusak was significantly influenced by his parent’s stories of their personal experiences of what living through World War II and more importantly the Holocaust was like for them. Although Liesel herself is a fictional character, the events that take place as well as the town names and actions throughout the book are historically accurate which classifies this novel as a historic fiction.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication, pride, and never quit, you will be successful. Markus Zusak, the author of The Book Thief, creates a story of a young orphan named Liesel Meminger, who is living with her new foster family. She learns the wonders of reading from her foster father and grows to love books. During Liesel’s time with her new family, she shows determination through her efforts and kindness with her encounters with other people. Liesel in The Book Thief expresses her traits, such as hardworking, and bravery.

In these pages Liesel has a hard time adjusting to her new life. She is behind at school, she has continuous nightmares, and she has to adjust to a new place without any friends. She is mostly helped by her foster father Hans Hubermann and her neighbor Rudy Steiner. Hans came to comfort her every night when she had nightmares and he was a major part of her learning to read. Rudy served as Liesel’s first friend and he stood up for her and defended her.

20 July 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg placed his briefcase beside the Fuhrer and left for a phone call. Moments later an explosion rocked the compound but the Fuhrer was alive and Stauffenberg paid with his life later that very same day. Although Hans Hubermann is just a character in Marcus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief, he too resisted the Fuhrer and his party. Hans was an anti-Nazi much the same as Stauffenberg, although they went about their resistance in radically different ways, they both worked against the oppression that the Third Reich instilled upon the land it occupied.