Compare And Contrast Rudy And Liesel

The theme of following your dreams was shown multiple times throughout the movie. It means to attempt to make your fantasies into reality and never give up on it. The process of following your dreams may be painful and include sacrifices. In the movie “Rudy”, Rudy has a dream of going to Notre Dame to play football there. One example for this was the decision Rudy made to leave his friends and family to study at Notre Dame. He left his dad and fiance to study at Notre Dame. This was a sacrifice made in order for him to follow his dreams. Another example of Rudy following his dream was him attempting to raise his marks at Holy Cross, so he can play football. He wanted to play football at Notre Dame, but he didn't have the grades

When Liesel went to the Huberman's house, Hans had the ability to speak to her in a way she would not feel rejected or lonely with them. When Hans and Liesel used to practice their reading and writing they start developing a deep bond. Rosa was more strict and she used to get really mad for everything, that is why Liesel did not feel confident whenever she did something or speak to Rosa. After a while Liesel understands the way Rosa was, so they become closer together. When Max arrived to the Huberman’s house is when Rosa and Liesel started to develop their bond because when he woke up after being sick Rosa went to the school and yell at Liesel just to make everyone believe she was mad at Liesel, but in reality she went to give her some great

Two of the people closest to Liesel, Max, and Hans, were taken away from her. After Max had left, Liesel continuously thought about him and his well being, “Liesel sat at the kitchen table and wondered where Max Vandenburg was, in all that forest out there,” (451). Rosa and Liesel, also, struggled because Hans was drafted into the army, and they felt very lonely, “It only made the room feel emptier,” (438). Rosa sat with Hans’ accordion during the night because she missed him and it gave her some hope to hold on to. Hans and Liesel were very close because they had bonded through reading. Rosa and Liesel did not have a very strong relationship so without Max or Hans, Liesel felt especially lonely, “Liesel spent the last few months of 1942 consumed by thoughts of what she called three desperate men,” (438). Max and Hans were two of Liesel’s best friends and having them taken away affected her and Rosa a

Liesel and her brother are travelling by train to Munich with their mother to be given to their foster parents when she notices her brother is sideways and dead. After Werner’s funeral, Liesel, overcome with shock and

From the time that Max left the Hubermanns to when Liesel saw Max in the marching is the Climax of The Book Thief. When Max left the Hubermann’s it was because of an incident that happened with Hans. During one of the first Jewish marching Hans threw out a piece of bread to the Jews, which was most frowned upon by the Nazis. Hans didn’t think of the consequences of what had happened, and he knew Max had to leave because the Nazis were most likely suspecting he was hiding Jews. When Hans threw bread to the Jew, Liesel and Hans realized how the simplest actions could enrage the Nazis so greatly and they saw what the Nazis were really doing to the Jews. At this point they weren’t just hearing about what the Nazi party was doing, but they witnessed

"As long as both she and Rudy lived, she would never kiss that miserable, filthy Saukerl."

Max Vanderburg’s arrival is the third important experience in Liesel’s life. Hiding a Jew in their basement causes the family to be in huge danger because if the government found they were hiding a Jew, Hans and Rosa could be taken to prison. Max Vanderburg also serves as a good friend to Liesel to whom she can tell everything. Max starts writing and drawing things for Liesel which brings them even closer.

The book influences Liesel too hope that by going against the Führer she will see her mother again, whom she was told will never see again. Max developed a strong connection with the symbolic book Mein Kampf, not only did it save his life, it also gave him a platform to creatively display his feelings of hope. “They were the erased pages of Mein Kampf, gagging, suffocating under the paint as they turned.” (237) Max covered the pages of Hitler’s book and wrote his own story, a story of a jew and a pro-intellectualism going against the leaders ways. Max’s self written story over top of Mein Kampf is symbolic of hope as he writes about his sad experiences of being locked up and how he wants to

Max propels Liesel’s inner journey in becoming conscious of the strength provided by words, encouraging a broader perspective of society. Liesel learns the power of words to provide solace in this scene, where Liesel consoles Max on his second night at the Hubermans. The book held by Max suggests a layer of protection and indicates the value of the item to the persona. Hence demonstrating the value of words in providing a sense of safety to the character. The book serves as a symbol of his life, representing a means of protection as it allowed the character to survive the German attack and find the Hubermans. Max’s possession of the book rather than Liesel, implies Max’s role in propelling Liesel’s journey in understanding the power of words

Nazi Germany is a place where a strong vocabulary has the ability to manipulate any man into completely changing his mind. Words can influence people in a positive way to create a relationship like when Liesel learns to read. At age nine, Liesel is illiterate. She is torn apart when she is unable to read in front of her class. Hans teaches Liesel to read and write causing their bond to grow

The men in the novel want to be like brothers to one another. They want to protect each other and to know that there is someone they can rely on. However, the world is too cruel to sustain such relationships. Lennie and George came closest to this ideal friendship, but they are forced to separate tragically. With this, a rare friendship vanishes, but the rest of the world - represented by Curley and Carlson, who watch George leaving his friend's dead body - fails to acknowledge it.

Even Though they don’t hold hands or kiss they are like a couple, due to the fact that they care deeply for each other. In the novel when Viktor throws the book, “The Whistler”, into the river, Rudy a starving skinny kid who jumps in the freezing cold river in the middle of the winter shows that he cares deeply about Liesel and her feelings. What Liesel and Rudy have is a romance, but what Soe and I have is a romance. For similar event happen to occur to me personally. I live in a middle-class neighborhood, but we are not that rich , so when I play soccer I used a really cheap plastic ball that will hard your feet. But for my 8th Birthday my dad got me a really expensive soccer ball used by the Burmese National soccer team, and every kids in the neighborhood was jealous, especially Aung Min. To take revenge on me for what happen to his shoe he stole my soccer ball during a game he threw it over a fence of a old ,haunted looking type house, down the street , which no one dare to go near, because of our strong cultural belief in natural gods and ghost. Once again Soe was there for me despite that risk, of getting eaten by the “ghost”. So this really shows that we are more than a friend, or a best friend . We are

When Max and Liesel saw each other for the first time in a while, they hugged and cried and fell to the floor. After Max and Liesel reunited in October of 1945, they started to hang out and spend much time together. They did everything together and told each other everything they had done in the past couple years. They think about what they did when they were younger on Himmel Street and how Liesel always brought him stuff when he was ill. As they are talking, Liesel starts to think when she had a friendship relationship and is maybe wanting to have a romantic relationship with him now. As life progresses for them, they start thinking about the future and they start to contemplate being together for life. As they analyze

Liesel and Rudy’s friendship seems like it is growing and changing. The relationship growth is the best in the book. Also, the situation of Liesel and Frau Hotszafel is similar to Jem and Mrs. Dubose. Both of the children have to read to the neighborhood women. The only difference is that Liesel is not doing it as a punishment, but for a reward. Also, Jem and Mrs. Dubose grow fonder during their time, but Liesel’s is cut short and she doesn't make a friendship.

Love is one of the most significant values that people have in their lives. Many forms of love are found in people's relationships with others, whether it is romantic, platonic, sexual or a mixture of all the above. When someone experiences love intensely for the first time, the feeling can send them into a euphoric state. Young lovers feel that their relationships are unconcealed and their love is unconditional. However, Simon Mawer points out that budding relationships progress to eventual collapse due to sexual frustration and a want to avoid confrontation, leading to the questioning of the existence of any emotional connection whatsoever. In the novel The Glass Room, Mawer introduces multiple characters with different relationships with one another. The protagonists of the novel, Liesel and Viktor, for example, have people that they love more than each other (Hana and Kata, respectively). As well as Liesel’s friend Hana’s affairs with Miroslav, Stahl, Eva and Zdenka during her marriage with Oskar. Ultimately, all of these characters are affected by one’s unfaithfulness and inability to confess to such thoughts, and leads to emotional turmoil for all.