Brief Summary Of The Book 'The Book Thief'

The Book Thief.
The book thief is a book about death, love and survival. There is the death of a friend, love of a parent, and survival of those who can’t take it. World War ll was a catastrophic period of time and many people didn’t have the mental strength and stability to survive it. The book thief is about Liesel Meminger a 9 year old girl who was abandoned by her mother shortly before World War II to stay with two people she doesn’t know in Molching at a foster home. On their way to Molching her little brother dies and she ends up traumatized and having nightmares about him for months. Hans, who is one of the persons her mother left them with teaches her how to read starting with a book Liesel took from the cemetery her little brother, was buried …show more content…
The book thief takes place in another time of period, a time where words were the power. Hitler ruled with words, and this book makes you become aware of that. I was amazed by how this book makes you realize how powerful words can be, especially when people are so helpless. Hitler made a whole new nation by using his words to demand power and convince people that there should be a higher race. Words can be really powerful weapons at times. In this book, Liesel uses words to calm herself when something is wrong, to remember the past, to remember her brother and her mother. Books have different meanings for Liesel, but the first one is the most significant for her. The Grave Digger’s Book stands for the last time she saw her brother and mother. This book reminds her of the most tragic events of her life, but this book makes the nightmares more sustainable because it provides memories. I don’t think Liesel stole just for the pleasure of stealing when she stole the books, I think she didn’t steal them just because she needed to read but because she wanted a reminder or some memory to remember her people and where she comes from. Trying to help the man who saved his life, Hans agrees to hide a Jew named