the author would do well to maintain accuracy to the historical record‚ and as such‚ Mark Zusak’s The Book Thief offers profound insight into the social attitudes of all shades of German during the Nazi era. While many historical similarities can be found between the novel and reality‚ a more abstract approach can be used to identify the differences. Though some discrepancies between The Book Thief and the real historical account of WWII are evident‚ the similarities in terms of the power of words
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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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In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ love can be seen throughout the book. Love by definition is “ an intense feeling of deep affection". However‚ love isn’t necessarily an intense feeling of deep endearment. There are conflicting types of love such as friendship love or family love. In “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak‚ the Nazi’s are in power at the time and the citizens of Germany have to withstand the austerity’s that come alongside with their position in power. The characters have to learn to love
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Theme Theft is a central theme for the novel The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ because of the time in which it is set. War is a power struggle‚ and a battle for dominance over people and territory. Hitler was stronger than the German people‚ and convinced them through his powerful words to treat those who did not meet his idea of perfection as inferior. Liesel’s somewhat trivial theft acts in juxtaposition with the larger theft of innocence and purity that Hitler causes. Hitler stole the lives
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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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The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ tells of a nine year old girl named Liesel Meminger who lived through World War II. At a young age‚ Liesel and her younger brother‚ Werner‚ got on a train with their mother to go to a foster home in Molching‚ Germany. Halfway into the trip‚ Werner dies‚ leaving Liesel traumatized for many months. When Liesel and her mother arrive in Molching‚ she meets her foster parents‚ Rosa and Hans Hubermann. Hans plays the role of the perfect father for Liesel. He always comforted
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Why is discrimination such a large and ongoing problem in our society? All over the world people are discriminated against simply because of their colour‚ religion‚ the way they talk or even what they eat. In the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak discrimination is shown by the way Jews were treated during the war. Because Hitler told the people of Germany that Jews were scum and were the equivalent of rats. The Jews were discriminated against so greatly that they were forced to close their stores
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The death of Liesel‚ the book thief‚ starts out the book for us. They are on their way on a train with their mother to their foster parent’s home. This also sparks Liesel’s love for reading later in the book‚ and it also was one of the moments that Liesel had constant nightmares about. Liesel arrives on Himmel street terrified and not knowing what her foster parents will be like. This also sets the setting of the novel and we meet some more main characters‚ Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The Hubermanns
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ has lots of symbolic meaning for the setting. It uses books that Liesel stole to describe and curve out the timeline. The books gives readers two point of view‚ one from the Jews and the other from Hitler and the Nazis. Liesel Meminger‚ the protagonist in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ steals several books that help readers understand WWII German. Three of these books particularly‚ The Shoulder Shrug‚ The Standover Man‚ and The Last Human Stranger deftly symbolize
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In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ Hans Hubermann is a man of few words‚ however he is also a man of impeccable character. Continuously‚ Hans does acts of superior quality. He takes in the orphaned Liesel‚ he teaches the illiterate foster child to read and gives his love. Another somewhat unintelligent but daring move made by Mr. Hubermann is the fact he goes against the Nazi party multiple times. Hans is also true to himself‚ he does not join due to his strong beliefs and stays spirited during it
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