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Liesel starts writing her own story, "The Book Thief," in the basement of the Hubermanns' home. 1944 - Liesel's foster parents take in another Jewish man, Walter Kugler. Liesel helps him escape...
The power of language is a major theme for Liesel, especially as she matures and becomes a more critical thinker. Liesel comes to understand that language can be both a dangerous weapon of control, as with the Nazi propaganda, and a gift that enables her to broaden her view of the world.
After the funeral, Liesel reads to Michael’s mother, Frau Holtzapfel, as usual. After months of scanning every passing group of prisoners, Liesel sees Max in one of the parades of Jews through Molching. She cries out to him, then joins him in the parade.
Yet Liesel, the main character of The Book Thief is not Jewish, and neither are most of the supporting characters. Author Zusak has said that The Book Thief was not intended as a young adult novel. In your opinion, is The Book Thief a Jewish novel? Is it a young adult novel? Explain your conclusions. Regarding Liesel’s foster father Hans ...
Liesel continues her emotional development as she again emulates Hans’s compassion and leaves bread for the Jewish prisoners, though she doesn’t seem to have a true sense of the danger of her actions, making it clear that she is still young and naïve.
Liesel’s mother, Paula, is taking Liesel and her brother, Warner, to be fostered so that she can protect them from the Nazis. Paula takes Liesel and Warner on the train to Munich.
Liesel experiences great suffering in the novel, but through learning to read, stealing a series of different books, and her developing relationship with her foster parents, her friend Rudy, and a Jewish young man named Max whom the Hubermanns hide in their basement for a time, she grows from a troubled girl into a compassionate, creative young ...
