Who Is The Fool In The Book Thief

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The Book Thief is written by Markus Zusak and in the book there is a man named Hans Hubermann and he is the father that decides to hide a Jew named Max in his basement. In this story Hans is a fool for deciding to hide a Jew in his basement in 1940’s Germany. Hans lives in the small town of Molching, which is close to Munich and the Nazi party is taking over the city. Hans faces a problem of hiding Max which is the child of a friend that Hans met in World War I. Hans is a fool because he decides to help Max and hides him in their house while the Nazi party is ruling Germany, which puts him and his family in a lot of danger. The consequences of hiding a Jew could lead to death or being sent to a concentration camp.This is where Hans first meets Max at his front doorstep and decides that he needs to hide Max because he fears that he will be killed by the Nazis because …show more content…

This was a problem because Max was also in the basement that they wanted to check out and Hans let them in while he was hiding under the basement stairs(345). This was foolish because if they had caught Max under the staircase they would've killed Max or sent him to a concentration camp. As for Hans and his family the Nazi party probably would have killed them or sent them all to a concentration camp as well for helping a Jew. In conclusion Hans is a fool for helping Max and putting his entire family at risk of death or being put in concentration camps with other Jews just because he tried to do the right thing. He decided to bring Max into his house, hide him in their basement, they moved him in a place that could risk him being seen, and then hid him under the stairs when the Nazis were in their basement. Even though it was the right thing, Hans was very foolish in deciding to help him and risking his life for this

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