Book Thief Themes

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
In the book The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, I constant theme that I noticed that continued on throughout the whole book was Judgment. I choose this theme because sense the whole book was based off the time and era of the Holocaust, there was obviously a imbalance of power, but the imbalance had to do with the judgment the Nazis had on Jews, as well as the Jews judgment on the Nazis. Now I have to make my seed theme more complex; Judgment is crucial for making decisions. Your judgment isn’t always right, judgment has a lot to do with a opinion, so it is important to stay neutral.

After reading a critical scene from my book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, I realize that it is where my first original theme …show more content…

“Sometimes she would whisper the word Mamma and see her mothers face a hundred times in the afternoon.” These two quotes from my book shows how hard it was for Liesel to loose her family and to know that she wasn’t going to ever see them again. So it shows the theme of family aspect from the very beginning.

Another critical scene in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is, when Liesel and Rosa Hubermann (foster mom) got into an argument and Rosa abuses Liesel.
“Yes,Mama.”
“For a moment, it appeared that her foster mother would comfort her or pat her on the shoulder.”
“She did no such thing. Instead, Rosa Hubermann stood up, selected a wooden spoon.”
To me this passage showed how not all families are an easy, lovely, wonderful, group. Every family have their flaws. I think that a lot of the time when people hear the word family they immediately think of love, warmth, the ideal family, but they don’t think about some negative things that can go on in a home. Especially when there is a foster kid involved things can be very hard for them too. So a theme that I was considering for the middle of my book was, facing reality because this passage shows the darker side of family and shows how not everything is perfect and wonderful for

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