streaming pile of ashes‚ Liesel was a girl made of darkness” (Zusak.84) Said Death. Death’s words describe Lisel being against Hitler and fighting him back by rescuing a book from the many that was burned.”Her brother was dead” (Zusak.21) Said Death. The story limits the information about Liesel’s little brother‚ Werner but from what was written Werner died on a train trip on the way to their new home. Having Liesel’s brother dead makes her mountain taller than it already is.”For Liesel‚ it was a ride in
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Emotions of empathy are evoked when Liesel realizes that Hitler is the reason for her misery; adding to the loss of her childhood innocence. She comes to realize that Hitler is responsible for the war‚ her brother’s death‚ mothers suffering and why Max is sent to a concentration camp. “The words were thrown at the steps and Liesel could feel the slush of anger‚ stirring
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raid over Munich‚ when the sirens are a slight bit late‚ Himmel Street is devastated. Everyone is killed‚ well - everyone but a little girl. Liesel Memmiger is writing her book in the basement of her house when the bombs strike Heaven Street; “I wonder what she was reading when the first bomb dropped from the rib cage of a plane” (Zusak 528). The fact that Liesel is writing in her basement is the only reason that she survives‚ her love for words give her the motive to write very early in the morning
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results in the novel‚ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Zusak’s novel is about a young girl‚ named Liesel Meminger‚ who after losing her brother was given away by her mother to a couple from Mochling‚ Germany‚ named Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The Hubermann’s raise Liesel well‚ helping her through chaos she went through‚ as Liesel made friends‚ like her best friend and unknown lover‚ Rudy Steiner. As Liesel explores her love of books and her thrive to steal she is acquainted with a Jew‚ who comes to hide
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In the story of the Book Thief ‚ by Markus Zusak‚ a young girl named Liesel Meminger is moving to a home in the city of Molching‚ Germany with her foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann. When she had arrived to her new family she would have nightmares of her younger brother’s death‚ so in the middle of the night when she would wake up her “father” would comfort her by reading a book to her. But‚ because she could not read or write Hans would take her to the basement and teach her how to read and
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hear what he has to say about humans and what he really goes through. Markus Zusak was capable of giving death the characteristics of a human and give it a different point of view. Death as a narrator captivates the story of this little girl named Liesel by using his unique techniques of point of view‚ foreshadowing‚ and figurative language. As he describes‚ “ It’s a small story really‚ about‚ among
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The novel has shown the development of Liesel as a citizen in Germany who has a cloudy understanding of death and the power of words in the beginning to a much more matured‚ knowledgeable view of these themes. There is a relationship between Liesel and the characters that can be portrayed by the connection of death and the power of words ; the demonstration of these two themes are redundant throughout the course of the novel and all leading back to Liesel. When a spider builds his web he attaches
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directly against the law and belief of Nazi Germany despite the harsh consequences that could be waiting for them (Zusak 173). The family all cared for the Jews‚ and put their lives on the line to protect and care for them to the best of their ability. Liesel‚ the foster daughter of the Hubermanns‚ showed tremendous courage numerous times. Despite her age‚ she always pulled through to the end. Through all this‚ the Hubermanns demonstrated courage multiple times throughout the novel. Imagine if you were
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her clientele‚ Rosa Huberman decides to sent Liesel out to collect the laundry from the rick customers because “Those rich people are less likely to fire [Rosa] if [Liesel’s] the one standing in front of them” (Zusak 92) * Information that does not help me illustrate my point about ‘a
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Macbeth & The Book Thief: A Comparison between Ambition present in the Novels In comparing Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Zusak’s Book Thief‚ though the books deal with different time eras‚ characters and even language styles‚ there are some striking similarities between the themes in both novels. The themes are evident throughout both novels‚ these themes give a better understanding of the author’s message he wants to portray to his audience. Both books show ambition effectively in many situations
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