The Book Thief Movie Vs Book

The Book Thief is an encouraging tale of a fictional girl named Liesel. Liesel was raised during a time of great pain and suffering: Nazi Germany. Many Jews, Gypsies, mentally and physically disabled, and others were killed over a ten year timespan. Scope magazine adapted the book and the movie to create a play. One of the characters, named Death, states, “I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.” True, we’re all human beings but how we picture the world and react to it is a whole different story. The extent of examples that can be found in the novel, movie, play, and even real life Nazi Germany has a very wide range including the mass murders and the “Harriet Tubman”s. So first there are the mass murders. They are the people with the gas burners, rifles, and torture. In other words, they were the Nazi Party. In the case of Liesel in The Book Thief, she saw many of her Jewish friends and neighbors being taken away to Death Camps - also known as
So these “Tubman”s did practically the same thing, just years later and in Nazi Germany: they did what other’s were afraid to do. Some of the most risky rescuers found refugees and took them out they country. Others hid them in their basements, attics, and barns. Liesel’s adoptive parents actually hid a Jew in their basement while he recovered from an illness so he could later escape the country. These were the beautiful people Death was referring to. They had good hearts and wanted to help others. They showed courage and bravery by defying Hitler’s laws. Just like Harriet Tubman, they didn’t agree with the social standards and belief systems of that time. However, they were able to adapt to their harsh environments and survived - for the most part. These are truly beautiful