The Role Of Motifs In Hans Huberman's Book Thief

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Book Thief Accordingly, to the book, Book Theif on page 86, Death says that liesel was a girl” with a mountain to climb.”what does this mean? In this situation Liesel is trying to live through the frightening Nazi Germany which most certainly creates a huge part of that mountain. However, she does has climbing partners. The three main points were on the three partners which were Huberman's, Rudy, and Max. They seem to help Liesel carry through the suffering and pain of being neglected by her own mother on top of that, She then is armed to live with her. "First, Hans Hubermann is one of Liesel's climbing partners he helped her climb her mountain by sitting with her and teaching her to read and write at 12 o’clock at night and also teaches

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