The Man Who Ruled Germany The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel written by Markus Zusak‚ in which it is narrated by Death‚ who states “It’s just a small story really‚ among things: A small girl‚ some words and accordionist‚ some fanatical Germans and a Jewish fist fighter‚ and quite a lot of thievery” (Zusak 5). Although the novel is more than that‚ Zusak was able to make a personal connection to the events that occurred in the novel‚ being inspired by his parents’ childhood stories and the
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valued thing for someone else regarded awho is more important. In Mark Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ a girl named Liesel struggles in Nazi Germany. She is adopted by Hans and Rosa Hubermann‚ who greatly love her. Next to her house lives a romantic and athletic boy named Rudy Steiner. Rudy and Liesel go on numerous adventures of stealing‚ giving Liesel the title of The Book Thief. Hans teaches Liesel how to read the books she has stolen in the basement. This continues until a young Jewish man named Max
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writes the exciting account of The Book Thief; the book is placed in Nazi Germany. Hans’ ability to avoid death has often left Hans’ depressed or feeling like “It should have been me” (Zusak 477). This state of mind leads him to make the decision to Shelter Max‚ who is the son of his Jewish friend‚ Erik‚ who saved his life during the war. Hans Hubermann is an uncommon person‚ one who will accept death‚ although he has miraculously avoided death three times in the book. Hans’ ability to survive and his
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children. Before he was a professional author Zusak was a house painter‚ a janitor and a high school English teacher. Markus wrote his first book in 1999 called The Underdog. The Book Thief is Zusak’s fifth book and was published in 2006. It is published as an Adult book in Australia and a young adult book in the United States. The inspiration for The Book Thief came from Zusak’s parents because they use tell him stories about growing up in Austria
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but the exposed‚ helpless‚ beating heart. This is what happens to young Liesel Meminger in the novel the Book Thief by Markus Zusak. As the Liesel and her brother make their way toward their new home‚ Liesel awakes from her sleep to find the life of her brother taken away as he turns white like stone and becomes lifeless. Liesel and her mother have a funeral and Liesel steals her first book the grave diggers handbook. After the funeral Liesel’s mother abandons her and leaves her with a foster family
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Thesis Statement: To better understand The Book Thief‚ one must consider what influenced the author‚ Markus Zusak‚ and how Zusak crafted his writing. Markus Zusak stated that he “stumbled across bits and pieces over time and started using them for no apparent reason” (Stillman). He uses his parent’s stories in his writing‚ and his mother was actually the main influence to him for The Book Thief (Stillman). Politics influenced his writing in the main form of Hitler who had very powerful speeches that
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direction. We often take for granted our ability to share and comprehend ideas. Throughout The Book Thief‚ however‚ Liesel slowly realizes just how powerful her own words can be. Taking into consideration the stolen novels‚ the German autobiography‚ and the two stories written by Max‚ it is safe to say that each of these books contributes to the theme of The Book Thief. Two of the key moments in The Book Thief are when Liesel learns that there are positive and negative powers that come with words. She
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The word choice used in The Book Thief demonstrates many themes throughout such as death‚ friendship‚ guilt‚ reason‚ and the struggle between ones inner self and the society in which he is surrounded. As complex as this may sound‚ the method was used in a simplistic fashion to construct the meaning and details of certain situations through the senses that ultimately capture how the characters take in the world around them. The power of words in the novel The Book Thief is used to control individuals
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Zusak‚ filled with inspiration and education‚ created a thrilling historical fiction novel. Because of these principles‚ it has become highly successful and is a popular book among‚ not only the public‚ but other authors as well. Zusak‚ influenced by the events of World War II and his own life‚ masterfully constructed The Book Thief by perfectly intertwining fictional and factional elements. Born in 1975 in Sydney‚ Australia‚ Zusak was the youngest of four children. His parents were German and Austrian
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Imagine living in a world where nobody’s safe. Where loss and death happen everyday‚ but love is foreign and trusting someone is probably the biggest mistake they would ever make. The lives the characters in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak have to live are full of fear that they are either going to get killed or they did something to anger the Nazi soldiers or their supreme leader. Liesel Meminger and others overcome abandonment and loss‚ learn the effective and dangerous powers of words‚ experience
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