Mark Zusak's The Book Thief

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1. I think Mark Zusak titled his book, The Book Thief, because it’s about a book thief. The “book thief” is nine-year-old Liesel Memingher. She steals many of books. In fact, she steals 6 books in total. The deeper meaning is that books are powerful and insightful. And once you read one, you will want to read all. A book actually ended up saving Liesel from a bomb which killed everyone she loves.
2. The Book Thief takes place in Molching, Germany during World War ll. The way plays a big role in the book. This is written from 1939-1942. During this time Germany is experiencing many historical events. Many of these events were described in the book. Like the Jews long walk to a concentration camp in Dachau. The author wrote this book for his …show more content…

The Book Thief is told from 1st person point-of-view. The narrator is Death. The author did this is because in the story a war is going on. And war and death are best friends. Plus, there was a lot of death during this time. Death is not a person, it is like a spirit that follows people around. A lot of times Death tells us what will happen in the future of the story. If the story was in another person’s point-of-view we would have fell in love with the story like we did.
4. To begin, there was many of conflicts in The Book Thief. The one I thought was important was Liesel vs. Society. The book describes how World War ll affects Liesel’s life. This causes Liesel to mature. She helps Rosa make money and helps with hiding a Jew named Max. Even though people call her and her dad Jew lovers, she ignores them because she knows what is right.
5. The characters and the conflicts are believable. During this time in Germany, the main conflict was Nazi vs. Jews, like in the book. But some Germans, like Hans and Rosa, help the Jews by hiding them and providing them with food and water. On the contrary, Nazi’s despised Jews. In the book there were many Nazi’s like Hans own son, Hans Jr. If the book did not have believable characters or conflicts, the story would have related that much to Germany in World War

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