connections‚ different perspectives‚ and morals/lessons; despite its capacity for serving good and evil‚ telling stories is proven to be the redeeming quality of human beings. The story of “The Word Shaker” is Max’s version of a fairy tale‚ including both Liesel and himself into all of it. Its dedicated to the power Liesel’s words have had over Max’s life. It’s a tale of how words can save people just as much as they can harm them. As Max states‚ "the best word shakers were the ones who understand the true
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girl named Liesel Meminger during World War II. He explains the events and challenges Liesel experiences due to Hitler’s words and influence. In this passage‚ the author uses diction‚ imagery‚ and details to help the reader imagine and have a deeper understanding of the events taking place and the character’s thoughts and feelings. This excerpt is from a chapter called‚ The End of the World (Part II)‚ and the author choses specific words that serve a purpose in the novel. After Liesel was rescued
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the story and more just surprises me. What completely shocked/surprised me was when Liesel fought back against Ludwig Schmeikl and what followed afterwards. However‚ there has been far more things than just that‚ that have surprised me. A couple include Liesel receiving two books for christmas‚ Hans Junior leaving‚ and how Rudy has reacted to Liesel throughout the entire passage‚ In November 1939 in the story Liesel was learning to read with her Papa’s help‚ every night at around 2 A.M. without Rosa’s
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Book Thief.’ The text is a coming of age story of an adolescent German girl‚ Liesel Meminger‚ who lives through extensive trials and tribulations in a hostile environment‚ a world war and her complex relationships with her friends and family. Zusak uses the inner conflict of his character Liesel to explore how individual’s cope with the loss of loved ones‚ and their impacts on characters. The relationship between Max and Liesel illustrates the importance of friendship during hardship and Hans is employed
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Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief takes the reader back to Germany in World War Two to a little fictional town called Molching‚ right outside of Munich‚ Germany. Narrated by Death‚ the book follows the story of a little girl named Liesel Meminger. We meet little Liesel at the young age of nine years old. She was at a very bad time in her life‚ suffering from the death of her brother and the separation from her mother. She is taken in by Hans and Rosa Hubermann‚ who live in Molching. She soon realizes
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The Book Thief is narrated by Death and is the story of Liesel Meminger‚ a nine year old German girl who goes to live with her foster parents‚ Rosa and Hans Hubermann in Molching. The Book Thief takes place in 1939‚ right before the beginning of World War 2. One of the many themes shown in The Book Thief is the theme of identity and belonging. The book portrays the struggles the characters go through to find their sense of belonging. After Liesel loses her parents to “communism” and her brother to sickness
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of a young girl named Liesel Meminger and her journey through discovering the power of words. It takes place in Nazi Germany and weaves a profound story of life‚ death‚ books‚ and thievery. Zusak narrates the book through the point of view of Death‚ who tells the tale of Liesel Meminger as through her book that she wrote. Death as a character adds meaning to the story of Liesel‚ highlighting her as important‚ and her story worthy of being told. Death sets the stage for Liesel by saying “It’s the story
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Jessie Zhu Characterization in The Book Thief Short Analysis of each character 1. Liesel a) Liesel is the “book thief”‚ she is given up by her mother and is adopted by a coups in Molching. She learns to read from his forster father and befriend with Rudy and Max. She learns the power of words and the beauty and the brutality of humanity. She survives Hitler’s reign while many of whom she loves dies. She has blond hair and brown eyes As depicted in the book‚ it says that “her hair was a close
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Liesel as we know in the beginning of the book is given up for adoption to the Hubermanns‚ exactly why at the moment is unclear but as we learn more about Liesel’s past we make connections to why exactly this happens. ““We put an end to the disease that has been spread throughout Germany [...] The immoral! The Kommunisten!”” (Zusak 110) ‚ Liesel while at the speech on Hitler’s birthday a Nazi tells the people about all the immoral others such as Jews and Communist‚ etc… Though as Liesel
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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 and gain power if rooted from bad intentions; however‚ the power of words also takes characters such as Liesel from this world of warfare and brings her into a state where she can encourage others in chaos while discovering new things about herself. Words are used often in the book to persuade. There is an art to persuasion and there is a history of persuasive
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