The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger, is portrayed as the main character in the novel next to death as well. We figure out that Liesel is a German girl. She has foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. When we first meet her, she is shy and young, around nine years old. She is traumatized by her brother who just passed away but her foster father is there to calm her and help her. He also helps her learn to read although he's not the greatest reader himself. Even when she didn't know how to read she loved books. Eventually she begins to open up in the story and becomes a little bit more sociable. She is taught to pretty much bow down to Hitler, just like every German is taught but she does resist to do this sometimes. By Max living with them in the basement she realizes what is happening and how badly the Jews are treated.
I really like Liesel in the story. I like that by the end of it she has her own personality whether it was influenced by others or not. She becomes her own person at the end and has a mind of her own.
I liked how this story was told from a young German child's perspective and "death". It made it alot more interesting and made me want to keep reading.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about how she really learns about the harsh treatments towards Jews from living with Max. I thinkt that if she didn't have that experience she wouldn't fully know the effects of the abuse being done to the Jews. She would simply only know what Hitler wanted them to believe.
I also liked that she develops her own personality because it's very important to be your own person. I think that Hans had a great impact on her thinking and that it was in a positive way. He taught her that she should except everyone.
I agree that Liesel is a good girl and that she wants to learn to read, and she resists Hitler especially when learning the truth from Max. I think she develops her own personality as well. I also think the positive influences by Hans played a huge role in her developing a good personality.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning I didn't realize at first that she was a German girl, I was expecting her to be a Jewish girl. I also really liked her personality, by the end she was one tough little girl. I think Hans influenced her personality as well and its interesting to think how she would have turned out if her foster dad was someone else.
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