Sz’Nyia Williams
Moorman
Compare/Contrast Essay
18 December 2015
The Book Thief and Bruiser are stories about love and life challenges. In The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger has to overcome the many challenges that come her way(the death of her brother, her mother leaving her, hiding a Jew in her new home, etc), and in the book Bruiser, Brewster Rawlins has to go through many challenging situations of his own(keeping his power a secret from the rest of the world, and not telling his uncle that he told his girlfriend about his power). The Book Thief and Bruiser are also different because of these many different scenarios.
In The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger feels scared rather than secretive, when she has to keep her family’s secret
…show more content…
of hiding a Jew named Max in her basement.While in the book Bruiser, Brewster Rawlins has to hide his power from Brontë in order to protect her.
For example, when Liesel was first told about Max, she was warned, “Liesel, if you tell anyone about the man up there, we will all be in big trouble”(203). Also, her father gave her a few consequences like so, “For starters, I will take each and every one of your books-and i will burn them. Next. They’ll take you away from me”(203). These pieces of evidence show that Liesel has to keep this a secret from the outside world, or there will be serious consequences, such as being taken away from her foster family. Liesel is showing bravery by keeping this secret and understanding the dangers of ever letting it slip out. The evidence also shows that although Liesel is scared, she puts her feelings aside for her family, and in order to protect Max and the secret. In addition, Brewster is scared to show Brontë what is under his shirt when, “ We were still in water that was shallow enough so that it wasn't a problem, and he stood up right away. But now his shirt had ridden up to his chest; and as he pulled it down, I got a brief glimpse of his body beneath the shirt. There was no taking back that glimpse. We both knew it”(74). Also, Brewster had to debate whether or
not he should show Brontë when, “In his eyes, I could see the battle going on inside him. The desire to hide a terrible secret fighting the desire to set it free”(75). The evidence provided shows that, out of Brewster’s love for Brontë, he not only wants to keep her from it, he doesn't want his uncle to find out that she knows. Brewster has to make sure that Uncle Hoyt thinks that his power is hidden in the family. The evidence also shows that Brewster is loving and trusting, because he trusts Brontë with the secret of his ability, and doesn't hide it from her because he loves her, and feels the relationship should have no secrets.
A example why people are brutal in The Book Thief is when the bomber planes were dropping bombs on the small town killing many people. My thoughts on this is even though the Nazi started this doesn’t mean they should kill innocent families.
In The Book Thief, author Markus Zusak tells the tragic story of Liesel Meminger and her experiences in 1939 Nazi Germany. Zuzak incorporates compelling literary devices such as toe curling foreshadowing, personification, and vivid imagery in the form of simile and metaphors to grasp the readers’ interest. Zusak’s use of various literary devices helps to deepen the text and morals of the story, and makes the dramatic historical novel nearly impossible to put down.
Another detail that shows deception is the fact that her father lured her into doing crude acts, such as him wanting her to steal her mother’s safety
In this essay I will talk about The Book Thief Characters. The characters are Liesel, Rudy, And Max. I Will talk about how they are Influenced by society in This Book/Movie. I am going to three Paragraphs about these three characters. This essay is going to be a Compare and Contrast Essay.
The novel The Book Thief is a book about a young girl by the name of Liesel Meminger. Observing the life of this young girl is not easy as this is the time of Hitler’s reign in Germany. In a short period of time, this girl faces many difficulties. More than any child should ever have to encounter. She has to deal with being abandoned by her mother, the death of her younger brother, and relocation to another part of Germany. Immediately when Liesel arrives to Molching, her life is forever changed. She is forced to live with two strangers, now her new mama and papa. Liesel faces much abuse both at school and at home. At school she is made fun of for her illiteracy and at home, mama speaks very rudely to her calling her a swine and other insults.
In the novel The Book Thief, setting and point of view affect the theme and book a lot. The point of view of this novel is third person omniscient and a little bit of second and first person when the narrator talks about himself or to the reader. The setting of the story is Nazi Germany and it is based on a young girl named Liesel Meminger and what her life was like during this time. Her story is told by the narrator, death. Mark Zusak, the author, uses setting and point of view to express the theme of the novel because there was so much death happening, Liesel encountered him so many times, causing him to be able to tell her story; without this setting and the narrator, the theme story would have been different.
“The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” This quote is from the famous diary of Anneliese Marie Frank; a holocaust victim and a modern time hero. In Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief, Liesel Meminger is surviving through World War II just like Anne Frank. Although their circumstances are vastly different, both girls learn that the person they wish to become must be created through their own experiences and trauma. Narrated by Death, The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old German girl who has been given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939. In the novel, Liesel’s greatest mountain is her internal conflict with herself and the propaganda
In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief the protagonist, Liesel Meminger is trying to outlive the harsh reality that’s produced by the war. Liesel Meminger and several other characters attempt to cope with the stress around them, and aid each other along the way. In this novel, the power of words is an important element. There are also several situations that illustrate acts of love between the characters.
Death states that, “I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both” (Zusak 491). This book shows us human doing things that weren’t even imaginable before this point. Many people give into ideas that were lies. But, we also watch a few people go out of their way and sacrifice everything for a man they barely even know. They do everything they can to keep him safe and alive. They work harder, the get another job, and they even steal. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, death examines the ugliness and the beauty of humans.
Everyone is obviously different, but the personal qualities of a person and external situations that are occurring in the world around them can create similarities between people who have vast differences. In The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, this idea is very clearly shown through the lives of Liesel and Max. Although they come from vastly different backgrounds, the situations around them and their personal qualities reveal similarities between their lives. In The Book Thief, Max and Liesel’s lives have much in common, such as their love of literature and the impact on their lives as a result of Nazi persecution. However, they also differ in many aspects of their lives such as the degree of freedom that they were able to exercise and their attitudes toward life.
In The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, beauty and brutality is seen in many of the characters. Rudy, Liesel, and Rosa display examples of beauty and brutality often without realizing what exactly they are doing, because it is a part of their human nature. Zusak not only uses his characters, but also the setting of the novel in Nazi Germany to allude to his theme of the beauty and brutality of human nature. The time in which the novel is set, during World War II, displays great examples of beauty and brutality, such as the mistreatment of the Jews. As a result of this time period, the characters have to go through troubling times, which reveals their beautiful and brutal nature in certain circumstances. Zusak uses his characters and their experiences to demonstrate the theme of the beauty and brutality of human nature in the novel.
Throughout life many people face difficulties. Depending on the person’s strength some will get through tough times, but some will fail to overcome them. Two books where characters have to face many challenges include: Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Book Thief. These two stories deal with people overcoming the difficulties faced throughout everyday life. Some difficulties include racism, religious discrimination, and dealing with others’ cruelness or kindness. Examples from these books prove that the characters have challenges throughout the stories to overcome. In the face of adversity what causes some individuals to fail while others prevail?
Part 1 of the book it explains how Liesel’s mother is incapable of caring for her so she takes her to live with foster parents, Rosa and Hans Hubermann. On the way, her younger brother, Werner, passes away. They have to bury him by the train and keep going. While burying him, the grave digger doesn’t notice that he dropped a book. Liesel took the book when no one was looking. That was the first time she stole a book. Liesel still has to go live with the Hubermanns. She cannot understand why her mother would send her away if she truly loved her. She is too young to realize
The Book Thief is a story about a young girl, Liesel Meminger, whose parents abandon her. She is given to foster parents, whose names are Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Her parents educated her in reading and writing; a skill that would become very useful later on in the story. Liesel spends World War II with the Hubermanns’ and has very significant events happen to her during her stay. Liesel meets and becomes close friends with Rudy Steiner who falls madly in love with her. Rudy is a very active member of the Hitler Youth Association, however he has a deep hate for Hitler. This opinion of Hitler gets Rudy into some trouble later on. As Liesel grows, she begins to learn and understand more aspects of her life before the Hubermanns’. One of these
As time evolves, so do the words that are essential for our everyday survival. The most obvious difference between humans and animals is our ability to master the art of speech. Often, people will say the “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”, a simple nursery rhyme that helps ease a bullied child from abusive words and taunts. But does that really help cure the emotional pain? Words can illuminate and motivate the minds of people but can also shadow their self-esteem through psychological trauma. In The Book Thief, we see how fundamental words were to shape the reality of millions of people caught in the fire of World War II.