book thief
The Book Thief
The Book Thief shows beauty can exist in the midst of brutality.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak shows through the midst of brutality, beauty can still be shown. The main characters Liesel Meminger, Rudy Steiner and Hans Huberman, prove this statement they are all faced with perilous situations, but still manage to show beauty throughout the situations. Liesel Meminger display beauty during the air raids, as she manages to read to people in the basement. Rudy Steiner displays beauty he jumps in the river to get Liesel’s book. Through Hans Huberman nobel character he displays beauty as he risks his life to hide a Jewish man in his basement.
Different attributes such as reading to people during the air raids, learning how to read as an illiterate , coping with the feeling of abandonment by her brother and mother and living with a new family, shapes Liesel. Even through those traumatic times, she discovers beauty in the midst of brutality. When Liesel faces the feeling of abandonment when her mother and brother leave her, she couldn’t cope “ He cant be dead” . She felt as if her everyone she loved was being torn away from her. As a nine year girl this was difficult for her to comprehend. But even through these experiences good came out of it. She was able to have a a new family “ who could at least educate and feed the girl”. A skill came essential to her , as she was taught how to read by her foster father Hans Huberman “ the girls eyes grew bigger’ . By reading Liesel was able to make a brutal situation better. As the air raids where happening, Liesel could sense people we anxious, so she read to them. By reading to them, she was taking their minds of the situation, and that was incredible for a girl at such a young age to do that. Liesel reveals even when brutal situations exist, beauty can still be displayed.
As a German man you would be safe from all Hitler’s oblivious policies. You wouldn’t have to be in hiding or worry about
The Book Thief shows beauty can exist in the midst of brutality.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak shows through the midst of brutality, beauty can still be shown. The main characters Liesel Meminger, Rudy Steiner and Hans Huberman, prove this statement they are all faced with perilous situations, but still manage to show beauty throughout the situations. Liesel Meminger display beauty during the air raids, as she manages to read to people in the basement. Rudy Steiner displays beauty he jumps in the river to get Liesel’s book. Through Hans Huberman nobel character he displays beauty as he risks his life to hide a Jewish man in his basement.
Different attributes such as reading to people during the air raids, learning how to read as an illiterate , coping with the feeling of abandonment by her brother and mother and living with a new family, shapes Liesel. Even through those traumatic times, she discovers beauty in the midst of brutality. When Liesel faces the feeling of abandonment when her mother and brother leave her, she couldn’t cope “ He cant be dead” . She felt as if her everyone she loved was being torn away from her. As a nine year girl this was difficult for her to comprehend. But even through these experiences good came out of it. She was able to have a a new family “ who could at least educate and feed the girl”. A skill came essential to her , as she was taught how to read by her foster father Hans Huberman “ the girls eyes grew bigger’ . By reading Liesel was able to make a brutal situation better. As the air raids where happening, Liesel could sense people we anxious, so she read to them. By reading to them, she was taking their minds of the situation, and that was incredible for a girl at such a young age to do that. Liesel reveals even when brutal situations exist, beauty can still be displayed.
As a German man you would be safe from all Hitler’s oblivious policies. You wouldn’t have to be in hiding or worry about