The Shoulder Shrug: Book Report

When readers first meet Liesel Meminger, she is a young girl standing quietly with her mother and brother on the train. At this time, she seems confused and a little bit afraid. She doesn’t know exactly

The second portion of the book introduced us to the part of Liesel’s life in which Max Vandenburg became part of the Hubermann family. After Max arrived at the end of the first section, Viktor Chemmel and Franz Deutscher were introduced as well. At first, Max had an awkward relationship with the Hubermanns, but he and Liesel eventually became united by their shared love of words. Nevertheless, the issue of concealing Max from the Nazis became a problem for Liesel’s family, especially when Max fell ill, which is another major trouble that the Hubermanns were forced to endure. Another conflict occurred when Ilsa Hermann could not afford to pay Rosa to work anymore; Liesel

Liesel is being effected by the holocaust in many ways. I think Liesel only knows part of what's going on. She's be effected because her foster parents Rosa and Hans are hiding a jew. The jew's name is Max and they hide him in the basement. Liesel promised Papa that she wouldn't tell anyone about Max.

Liesel is a girl with short curly blond hair with big beautiful blue eyes. Rudy is a blonde skinny boy with blue eyes. Sharp teeth, people would refer to him as bony legs and with lemon hair. Rudy is a young boy who plays the role as Liesel's best friend. Max has short length black hair, he is a jew that the hubermann’s are hiding in their basement. Max is a very thoughtful and very poetic, also very grateful. On page 208 he says he said “Better than I deserve Thank you.” Hun's is a very patient person and very thoughtful and nice. He would be nice to Liesel and teach her how to read even though he did not know how to read that well.

Liesel's biological parents were Communists, a group despised by the Nazis. Thus, they were killed. However, despite knowing their inevitable fate, her parents made sure to keep Liesel alive by sending her to another family within Germany: the Hubermann family. There, Liesel slowly adapted to life. She learned to read and write German and even made a loyal friend, Rudy Steiner. However, these events were only minor steps leading up to the turning point in the story: Max Vandenberg’s arrival . Max was a Jew, a trait - like being a Communist - that was despised by the Nazis, but during the previous World War, his father had saved Hans Hubermann’s life. Consequently, Hans (Liesel’s father) vowed to secretly care for Max. The rest of the story revolved around saving

The process of Liesel's book theft started at the Nazi parade. When the parade finished and Liesel left the church she saw that some books were left after the burning because they would not burn so she stole The Should Shrug. This led to Hans telling her that since he is keeping this secret she has to keep every secret he tells her. If Liesel had not stolen The Shoulder Shrug Hans would not have had to ask Liesel to keep his

When faced with these moments of isolation, Max, Liesel, and Hans try to escape it, sometimes leading them into dangerous situations, to no longer feel alone. In Liesel’s case, one of these attempts was to start stealing books. Liesel stole books like “The Shoulder Shrug” and “The Whistler” and enjoyed reading them. She read these books so she could “escape” her isolation and enter different worlds. While stealing these books, she also bonded with many people (mainly with Rudy), helping her to slowly strengthen her relationships and move away from her loneliness. Max, another character

Also, Hans feels guilty for what he did to Erik’s son, Max Vandenburg. Since the Vanderburg family is a family of Jews, the believe only one person in their family would survive, because of this the only person they try to save is Max, sending him to hide (which Max feels guilty for leaving his family behind). Though he stays at his friend’s store for sometime, when it gets too dangerous for him to be there, his friend, Walter Kugler goes to Himmel Street and Hans agrees to take Max, feeling it’s the least he can do for Erik. For the period of time that Max is in the Hubermann home, he becomes close with Hans, Ilsa and Liesel, with him writing books for Liesel, making a snowman in the basement and fist fights Hitler in the basement. To get to the Dachau Camp, at least once a

“…‘don’t you know I love you…’” (534). After saying this, she realized the best way to show him how she felt one last time was to kiss him. “Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips” (536). Next she saw her mama and papa. She went up to her mama first and went back to the first time they met, and then special times with her. “‘Do you remember what you said to everyone on the street that day?’ Her voice wavered now. ‘You said, ‘what are you a*sholes looking at?’’” Liesel went back to how even when Rosa was being rude, like her usual self, she also always made Liesel feel safe. Then she went back to another time she was rude, but made Liesel feel better and safer. “‘Mama, i know that you… I liked when you came to school and told me Max had woken up’” (537). Then, finally she moved on to Hans, the person she loved the most. Liesel thought of papa as her home. Whenever they were together, they were home. One of the things she loved most was his accordion. To say goodbye, it

Liesel Meminger, who was a very sympathetic young girl which her words were used from her warm heart towards people. Frau Holtzapfel had lost both of her sons, so for her to be happy, Liesel would read to her a lot, which also made Frau Holtzapfel feel comforted. Also when Max was taken in by the Hubermann’s, he was a Jew, which meant he wasn’t allowed to see the outside world. Liesel would go outside and tell Max the

After losing her mother and her brother, Liesel’s life and identity is changed drastically many times. It is through books that she discovers and becomes comfortable with this change. When she first meets Hans and Rosa Hubermann, her new foster parents, she does not wish to speak with them or get to know them. However, once Hans discovers Liesel with the book she stole when her brother was buried, The Gravedigger’s Manual, they bond over Hans teaching Liesel to read. Liesle describes the first time her and Hans have a lesson in the middle of the night: “She had done this at school, in the kindergarten class, but this time was better. … It was nice to watch Papa’s hand as he wrote the words and slowly constructed the primitive sketches” (Zusak

In “The Book Thief”, Liesel forms many relationships with the people around her.When Liesel first meets Hans Hubberman, it is obvious that she shows an immediate liking to him.Since Liesel’s has no real memories or knowledge of her biological father other than the fact that he was a communist, having Hans Hubberman in her life as a father figure proabably helped her feel more at ease.In my life Out of these relationships the one I can relate to mose would probably be her relationship with Hans Hubberman.The relationship between my mother and I is probably the most like the relationship between Liesel and Hans Hubberman.

Liesel Meminger, her brother and her mom are traveling by train to the place their mom picks out to be their foster home and to live with their foster parents Rosa and Hans Huberman. But on the way her brother, Werner, dies and is buried in a graveyard full of snow. Liesel found her first book called The Grave Diggers Handbook and takes it. This is how she gets her nickname the book thief. They get in a car and drive to Himmel Street and arrive at the home that Liesel is staying at. As they arrive she thinks Rosa is a bit scary but she is getting used to how she

Once she arrives at her new home, 33 Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, she meets her foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Rosa is violent to some extent, often beating Liesel over the head with a wooden spoon, as well as using excessively foul language, often calling Liesel and Hans 'filthy pigs'. Despite this however, Rosa still loved Liesel, and

Hans is a passionate, caring man who earns his living as a house painter by day and an accordion player by night. Liesel believes his eyes show kindness, and is closer to him from the beginning than to her foster mother. He is one of a few in their village who is not a registered member of the Nazi party, which comes to have serious repercussions on the family as the book progresses. Rosa Hubermann is a stern, strong woman who looks like a “wardrobe with a coat thrown over it” and would be “cute,” but appears perpetually annoyed. She peppers her language with epithets like “Saumensch” and “Saukerl” and “Arschloch”. “Sau” refers to “pig” and mensch is girl and kerl is man, arschloch sounds pretty close to its English equivalent. From the beginning Liesel is “saumensch,” which at first refers to Rosa’s annoyance at taking this girl in, even though it does mean more money for the family. But by the end, it has become a term of true endearment. Liesel’s best friend in the village is a little boy named Rudy, “the boy next door who was obsessed with the black American athlete Jesse Owens.” Rudy is in love with Liesel and always pesters her for a kiss, which he does finally receive, after some pretty serious turns in the story. He is a simple, almost naïve boy, and would do almost anything for her, including jumping into a nearly