Motivation In The Book Thief

This astonishing book will keep you aroused, and on the edge of your seat. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief reveals the motivation in the characters they experience concerning family issues. Throughout the book the three main characters Liesel, Max, and Hans develop motivation to overcome their individual challenges of life. Liesel obtains the motivation to overcome challenges she faces, Max also acquires the motivation to surmount the challenges in his life, and Hans additionally uses motivation to avail him through the many challenges he faces.
From losing her brother at the train station to the moment liesel takes shelter for an attack, Leisel obtains motivation to overcome the challenges she faces in her life. When moving into her new
home Liesel hid books under her mattress to teach herself to read. Leisel wet the bed one night, as Hans helped clean up the mess. Hans saw the book between his feet, and he “read the title, with concentration, aloud: ‘The Grave Digger’s Handbook’ (64). Finding this book was just the commencement to her future of developing the motivation to read. Liesel wanted to read this book because it occurs as a reminder of her brother, she kenned there was erudition in this book, and reading it could keep her brother alive in her heart. Liesel continues to have issues in her life, she did not get anything for her birthday, but she did not mind as “she would gather all of the accrued letters to her mother, stuff them into one envelope, and use just a tiny portion of the washing and ironing money to mail it” (98). Liesel is motivated to be able to see her mother again one day, she does not let the fact they are poor get in the way of being able to reach out to her mother. Liesel has gone through school and learned to read and write, she now is capable of writing her own book. She chooses to write a book and not stop even if she was exhausted. She wanted to write 10 pages of her life every night, she was overwhelmed “just be apatient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew” (527). Her hand strength grew just like her motivation throughout her life, if it were not for her motivation she would not be the person she has become. Liesel has grown so much not just as a character but as a person, her life was hard but the amount of motivation saved her from giving up, she kept going.
Max is a jew who suffered from losing everything he had and now he has the constant struggle to not get caught living with a non-jew family, Max acquires motivation to surmount these struggles in his life. Max living with Liesel, Hans, and Rosa is a big risk for him but it is his only choice in order to live. Max has become close to liesel, their friendship is strong and he does not want anything to get in the way as “they breathed, German and Jewish lungs” (238). The gift Max gave Liesel is a story that illustrates the peregrination he has on Himmel Street, and the kindred attributes him and Liesel had. He didn't optate the fact that he was a jew and she wasn't to ruin their amity, if it were to end he would end too. he has nowhere to go if their friendship ends. Max was a fighter, he never turned down a fight, he either won or was dragged away. He loved to fight because he was so good at it and he always won. When max was nearly 2 his father was shot and his body dissipated on a grassy hill. Max then had to move into his uncle's house and grew up with 6 brother and they were his “training ground for his fistfighting” (188). Max has retired from fist fighting, now feels like he's disappearing and becoming nothing. Max resolves this issue by doing push ups and practiced boxing in the basement. Max has an imaginary fight with Hitler in a boxing match with the whole world watching. Max proved that jews weren't weak as “hitler falls to his knees” (253). Max never gave up as the ruler beat him down Max kept getting up, the motivation Max had to defeat hitler was magnificent.
Not only does Hans have so much on his hands, he has many challenges throughout his life too, by using motivation Hans was able to overcome those challenges.Hans and Rosa hubermann do not have a lot of money, and christmas was coming up and they wanted to get Liesel a gift.
Hans needed to keep Liesel happy, if leisel wasn't happy that is a problem. Hans “love for her and his attempt for her to continue reading” (88) was his motivation for getting 2 books for her with his tobacco he is willing to sell for the money. Hans truly cared about Liesel, and her education, he was motivated to read with her and teach her everything he knew. Hans faces many family problems, like having to go to war and leave his family back on Himmel Street. Through war motivation was the key to coming home, “That was the first time Hans Hubermann escaped me” (178). Hans escaped death by writing several letters, which the captain needed done. If hans wasn't motivated enough to start and finish writing the letters, he would have had to go onto the battlefield and risk his. By Hans doing the letters he was able to go home and see his family safe and sound.Even though he cheated death once, Hans risks his life once again by inviting a jew into his home. Hans motivations for inviting him in was keeping it a secret to save an innocent jews life, who “sat on his suitcase, waiting... He had eaten only the foul taste of his own hungry breath for what felt like weeks” (139). The boy's name was Max Vandenburg, he does not have a family anymore and he was on the run. Hitler was out to get the jews in germany, and for hans to have a jew in his house it was hard. Hans had the motivation to keep this a secret because he didn't agree with what hitler was doing, he thought it was very
wrong.