Markus Zusak

Markus Zusak was born in 1975 in Sydney, Australia. He is the youngest of four and his parents are German and Austrian immigrants. His German mother and Austrian father both experienced World War II in their homelands. Both of his parents couldn’t read or write English, but they wanted their children to learn the language at a young age. Zusak started writing fiction at 16 and got a degree in teaching at the University of Sydney. He worked as a house painter, a janitor, and a high school English

The Australian native Markus Zusak shows how aboriginality, “mateship”, and the urban life are portrayed in a more or less typical Australian life. Through these novels Zusak describes how people embark on unexpected journeys to better others and most importantly their selves. Throughout his novels, the reader will question life in poverty and how richness is not necessarily physical but only fully achieved through the mind. Zusak, through his cultural environment in I Am the Messenger gives readers

“Your new home.” These are words many people never want to hear and Liesel Meminger doesn’t want to hear them either. In the historical fiction book, The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, the main character is a young girl named Liesel Meminger. During World War 2, it’s bad enough that Liesel and her younger brother, Werner have to move to a foster home far away from everything they have ever known because their mother can’t support them alone, but when her brother dies on the way there, she has to figure

Throughout history, humanity has had to endure many hardships. To help cope with these misfortune human nature can be observed in the many ways it has evolved in people to help them to withstand the perils that make up a war. In Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief, published in 2005, Liesel Meminger must survive the struggles she faces as a result of her life being in the middle of the grips of Nazi Germany. Faced with events like the loss of all her closest loved ones, the Holocaust, discrimination

Best known for his book the Book Thief, Australian born author Markus Zusak has been writing for young adults since the age of seventeen(Grade Saver). Born in Melbourne, Australia to German and Austrian immigrants, Markus Zusak lived a very humble and quite life. However being the youngest of four, Markus sometimes was the forgotten child alongside his brother (“ My Life”).Growing up in a family was the oldest two siblings were idolized, led to some actions that his older brother and he got into

In the book thief written by Markus Zusak the book is narrated by Death. Liesel Meminger a 9 year old German girl is on a train with her mother and dead brother on their way to the town of Molching. Hans and Rosa Hubermann are there waiting for her and her brother so that they can foster them and get paid for it. When they first arrived they were expecting for both the boy and the girl but the boy turned out to be dead. Liesel finds a book at the cemetery that her brother was buried in and decides

Markus Zusak’s I Am the Messenger Many issues can influence the development of an author’s novel. Maybe the author wants to focus on historical matters, and place historical references into their novel. Maybe social concerns are the topic in their novel. Or maybe the author intends for their novel to be a political work. Regardless of what sort of influence they consider placing into their novel, all authors do tend to allow one thing to influence their writing, their own personalities and personal

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is a novel that portrays the struggles of a young German girl living in Nazi Germany during the Third Reich. This scared German girl, Liesel, fought and battled to survive in a war-torn society –- holding her tongue when there was injustice and learning the ropes of living in fear. Hidden in this girl's basement was a Jew. Not weak, old and frail Jew, but a young, strong and lively "Jewish fist fighter," as he called himself. Perhaps it was their parallel interests

Akiva Poppers Summer Reading- The Book Thief English 10H Mr. Kulnis In the Book Thief, Markus Zusak uses death to narrate a story of perseverance and courage. The story is set in Molching, Germany during the late 1930s-early 1940, specifically during World War II. The exact location completely alters the outcome of the book, as in the end Himmel Street, where most of the characters lived, is bombed, killing almost everyone there. The key characters are Liesel Meminger

Throughout the novel The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, the use of words have a huge impact on Liesel’s life and the world around her. She uses words as a way of learning and spending time with papa. They work late nights and try and improve Liesel’s reading abilities. Hans allows her to use his paint and lets her decorate the wall with new words that she has learned. In addition, words are used in school when Liesel and her class have an out loud reading assessment. Liesel struggles to read the