Hans Huberman Death

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List of Characters 1) Narrator: The Narrator of this story is Death. He tells us what Nazi, Germany was like during World War II through the eyes of Liesel Meminger. Death has a dark wry sense of humor and seems to be sardonic. He is not cold hearted like we believe him to be, he is simply just doing his job. Death even feels sorrow for the souls he takes and believes that some do not deserve to die, this shows that Death can produce real feelings. Even though this is Liesel’s story, Death gives us readers’ insight to understand how everything is connected. To distract himself from all the souls he takes, Death takes joy in seeing the colors of the sky. 2) Liesel Meminger: At the beginning of the story Liesel a nine year old on a …show more content…

Hans fought in World War I where he met Jewish Man, Erik Vandenburg, who also saved his life. Hans is a house painter and is able to play the accordion. Hans has two great traits, bravery and compassion. They are great to have but are unwelcomed during this time period. For example, Hans paints over the Jewish slurs and is punished by not being accepted into the Nazi party which is supposed to benefit his family. Another example, is when he gives bread to a Jew marching to Dachau, Hans is then accepted into the party and is shipped off to …show more content…

He is the youngest of six children and often very hungry because his dad’s business is running low. Rudy enjoys to steal. At first he did it so can have more food, but now he does it because he enjoys the rush of stealing. Rudy is the perfect German with his blonde hair, blue eyes, and athletics but has a heart of compassion. His compassion gets him into a lot trouble like when he defends Tommy Müller at the Hitler Youth Group and then he is forced to do push-ups in manure. Most people know him for painting himself black to look like Jesse Owens. Rudy is a great friend to Liesel because he stood by her when everyone was making fun of her and he do would anything for her like going in a frozen lake to get her book. As the story progress Rudy becomes more mature especially when his father is drafted for the war. He begins to recognize what happening in his country and just like Liesel he sees that the Führer is not so great after

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