![]() As a member of a relatively poor household with six children, Rudy is habitually hungry. Despite having the appearance of an archetypal German, he does not directly support the Nazis. ![]() Liesel's neighbor, Rudy, has bony legs, blue eyes, lemon-colored hair, and a penchant for getting in the middle of situations when he shouldn't. When she was introduced to Max the reader sees her soft side. To supplement the household income, she does washing and ironing for five of the wealthier households in Molching. Despite her temper, she is a loving wife to Hans and mother to Liesel. She has a "wardrobe" build and a displeased face, brown-grey tightly-cinched hair often tied up in a bun and "chlorinated" eyes. Rosa is Liesel's sharp-tongued foster mother. He helps Max because Max's father saved Hans in the First World War. Together, the two help each other with reading and write all the words they learn on a wall in the basement. He, like Liesel, doesn't have much experience with reading. He develops a close and loving relationship with Liesel and becomes the main source of strength and support for her. Liesel's foster father and husband of Rosa, Hans is a former German soldier during the First World War, accordion player, and painter. Liesel stole books from a gravedigger, a bonfire, and the mayor's wife, Ilsa Hermann. Liesel is the "book thief" referred to in the title because Liesel is fascinated by the power of words. She is fostered by the Hubermanns after her biological father "abandons" their family due to being a Communist, her brother dies, and her mother is forced to send her to a foster home to avoid Nazi persecution. The protagonist of the story is an adopted girl on the verge of adolescence, with blonde hair. And sometimes Death is "compelled" to take action in sympathy with the human story. To the reader, Death insists that it "most definitely can be cheerful", even affable, but also relates that it most certainly cannot be nice. Death's last words are for both Liesel and the reader: "I am haunted by humans."ĭeath, the collector of souls, known as a negative character, black and mystery formed, arrayed in any or all the world's colors when it comes, narrates the story of a young girl coming of age during the horrific times of Nazi Germany and the Second World War. She asks him if he read it and Death says, "Yes." She asks him if he understood it, but Death is unable to understand the duality of humanity. When Death collects Liesel's soul, he gives her the manuscript she lost in the bombing. Many years later, or in the words of Death, "just yesterday", Liesel dies as an old woman in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, with a family and many friends, though she has never forgotten Hans, Rosa, Max, her friend Rudy, and her brother. ![]() Liesel, working on her manuscript in the basement at the time of the raid, is the sole survivor. With the threat of death looming nearer, bombs fall on Liesel's street, killing her friends, family, and neighbors. Max leaves the Hubermanns' home soon after out of fear that the suspicion could endanger him or the family, but eventually returns. Hans brings suspicion on his household that he might be a sympathizer with political adversaries of Germany in the war. By collecting laundry for her foster mother, she also begins a relationship with the mayor's wife, Ilsa Hermann, who allows her to read books in her library. She also ends up also writing her own story, and finds a common interest in them with Max. Recognizing the power of writing and sharing literature, Liesel begins to steal books that the politicians are seeking to destroy. Hans develops a close relationship with Liesel, helping her learn to read and write. ![]() As the political situation in Germany deteriorates, her foster parents conceal a Jewish man named Max Vandenburg. While adapting to her new home, she is exposed to the horrors of the war and politics. Narrated by Death, the story follows Liesel Meminger, a young girl living with foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, in Nazi Germany during World War II. Themes throughout the story include death, literature, and love. Narrated by Death, the novel presents the lives and viewpoints of the many victims of the ongoing war. The novel follows the adventures of a young girl, Liesel Meminger. It was adapted into the 2013 feature film, The Book Thief. Published in 2005, The Book Thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 million copies. The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany during World War II. For additional editions see The Book Thief > Editions at
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