Cruelty Of Nature In The Book Thief

In condemning the type of art, Hitler’s objective is to bring the German’s together and bring pride back into their race, all in the hopes of becoming a superior and pure race.

According to Napoleon Bonaparte, courage isn’t having the strength to go on … it’s going on when you don’t have strength. Liesel, Max and Hans are the main characters in “The Book Thief” that have acts of courage entirely change their lives. This novel takes place during WWII in Germany. Countless Jews are desperately looking for the courage to endure the harsh rule of the Nazis. On the other hand there are some Germans who use their courage to stand against the Nazis in their own exceptional ways. The characters in “The Book Thief’ show acts of courage and this greatly affects the course of their life and relationships with other characters.

World War II . During this time period, life was appalling for the Jewish individuals as well as for German citizens . Adolf Hitler abused the Jews and forced them to go to concentration camps as discipline for Germany’s misfortune in WWI. Elie and Liesel offer comparative encounters, for example, making bonds with their dad figures, losing friends and family, and endeavoring to keep up their beliefs in things, eventually they can be seen as not at all like additionally immeasurably comparative encounters.

Growing Through Times In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, growing up and losing innocence are conveyed through the characters Liesel and Rudy through ever-changing circumstances and war. At the novel's beginning, Liesel loses her brother and mother as she can no longer stay with her. This was her first encounter with growing up and losing her innocence. For Rudy, he comes to understand that someone he idolizes is not acknowledged by his country. In short, Markus Zusak conveys the loss of innocence and growing up through changing circumstances and war.

In Markus Zusak’s, The Book Thief, adversity is an important factor in shaping character. Liesel, Max, Rosa and Hans Hubermann all face hardships that help their character develop.The Book Thief is set in Germany during the time of WW2 when Hitler, the Fuhrer, rose to power. This was a hard time for Rosa and Hans because of their struggle to raise a foster child. It was also tough for Liesel because she had to get accustomed to a new place with different rules, but out of everyone, Max definitely faced a lot of problems.

The Book Thief is a story focusing on a young girl who has to adjust to living in Nazi, Germany with her new foster parents during the Holocaust and the Second World War. The book is narrated by Death. Liesel has a deep connection with books and she bonds with her foster dad through reading. Liesel makes multiple deep relationships throughout the story, some being her foster father, her best friend Rudy, and Max, the jew her family hid in their basement. Liesel survives the war and the Holocaust and the events that followed.

Liesel Meminger was a girl that went through a lot throughout her life. During our short time of reading about her life we saw her go through so many emotions, struggles, and different changes. Throughout The Book Thief by Markus Zusak we see a girls story during the time of WW2 and the Holocaust. We read this story of Liesel Meminger and wonder how anyone could ever survive during a time like this, because for most people this was an extremely awful time to live in. But through his use of imagery, and other literary devices, Zukas found a way to write a perfect book describing this girl's life and to show how genuinely hard it was to live during this time.

Death plays a significant role in this book. Death introduces itself has the narrator of this book. Death meets Liesel for the first time on the train when he pick up her brother’s  soul, after the fighter pilot crashes his plane, and then again at the bombing of Himmel Street. Death has three main colors that it associates Liesel with. The colors are white, which is a rectangle, red, which is a circle, and black, which is a swastika. These colors represent the Nazi flag which was created by Adolf Hitler. Death is also infatuated with Liesel and he never forgets about

Next, characters like Ilsa Hermann show compassion through the sharing of the books to Liesel. “As it turned out, Ilsa Hermann not only gave

Death’s occupation usually leads one to perceive that he has a darker nature, however, perceptions can be misleading, as demonstrated with the novel. For instance, Death often seems to tire from his work, describing war with an authoritarian distinction, telling him to “Get it done, get it done” on page 309. A popular stereotype for the relation between death and war is one of friendship, since they’re both associated with negative attributes, however, the opposite seems to be proved true in this scenario. Death despises war because it forces him to face the humans who are crippled with loss more often, on account of his human nature causing him to feel pain when

The book thief by Markus Zusak Told from the narrator deaths perspective is based during WW2. The novel revolves around a girl named Liesel and her journey through life as she learns about loss, friendship and humanity. At the age of 9 Liesel is adopted by a foster family, while suffering from the loss of her brother Liesel sets on a journey to learn how to read and write, through stolen books. Therefore the text portrays the power of words as part of the text is about Liesel's experiences as she slowly learns to read and write, gradually understanding the events taking place around her. Through Liesel the author portrays themes of love and friendship as Liesel overcomes the loss of her brother and being abandoned by her birth mother

The first half of the chapter being from Deaths perspective, shows the warmth and fluidity that Death shows when carrying humans from life to death. Death shows care and love ‘he kissed the smaller ones goodnight’ and ‘carried them away, in his arms’ (pp. 563-573). The text however, comes to a close from Liesel's perspective. She runs between loved ones blind to the care taken by Death and only sees their ‘bodies lying tangled in the gravel’ and her future without them. This section of the text Juxtaposes the way humans see death (from the perspective of Liesel), and they way they should view death (from the perspective of Death). Furthermore, the author utilises Irony to explore ‘the Nature of Death’. ‘It kills me sometimes how people die’ (p. 494) is a statement from death himself. This depicts an image of Death’s own disgust at the monstrosity and barbarity of humans. However, not a death itself, he does not blame death he blames people. Therefore, through the use of literary techniques such as foreshadowing, juxtaposition, and Irony, Zusak depicts a clear distinction between how humans view death, brutal and harsh, and how they should view death, a

He feels bad for humans and in turn readers are motivated to feel the same thing for Zusak’s characters. By adding this characteristic to Death, Zusak humanizes him. By humanizing Death, Zusak allows Death to feel for and question the actions of the humans. However, the most important part and what sets this narration apart from other novels, is the fact that Death is still not a human. Because Death is not human, readers get an outsider perspective on humanity.

The objective of my visual representation was to highlight all of the key aspects of the Holocaust and their impact and significance. The painting used three colours alone to illustrate meaning significance and emotion; black, red, and white. The black and the red represented the period of darkness, violence, and fear that the Holocaust was and the stain it left on humanity. Contrary to that, the white was used to convey a sliver of hope, the light in the darkness, at four different issues and points in time; pre-Holocaust, when the hope for privacy and freedom that Jews and other minority groups had at the time was shattered by the Nazis, during the horrific events of the Holocaust, where all victims could hope for was survival, post-Holocaust,

Narration is important in almost any book,  which is why it is especially important in   Mark Zusak’s: The Book Thief.  He uses foreshadowing, perspective, and interaction with the  reader to make the book so much more interesting. Zusak's selection of Death as the narrator heavily changes and alters the way the book is read. Death allows the reader to have a completely new and different perspective of Death itself, he heavily foreshadows very important events in the book, and he interacts with the reader many times throughout the book. By presenting death as the narrator, Zusak provides a more outside and impartial view of humanity’s pain and suffering (Johnson).