Analyzing Themes In The Book Thief By Markus Zusak

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Themes from a Bookstore Junkie As part of our English class this semester, we were to read The Book Thief and highlight quotes that went along with themes from the book. There were many themes in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. However, three ideas stuck with me throughout the book. The three themes written about in this essay are love, mortality, and suffering. These ideas are very inspirational and prominent in The Book Thief. The first theme from The Book Thief was love. From early on, you could tell love was going to be a major theme in the book. Love is important because love is the greatest emotion and connection that we as humans can feel. One quote that goes with the subject of love is, “As long as both she and Rudy Steiner lived, she would never kiss that miserable, filthy Saukerl, especially not this day.” (Zusak 55). This quote goes along with the theme because Liesel promises herself that she will never kiss Rudy as long as they both shall live; she only realizes that she loves him and kisses him after he …show more content…

Suffering is significant because it is one of the worst things a human can go through and there was a lot of suffering throughout the novel. One quote that goes along with the theme of suffering is, “I am haunted by humans" (Zusak 550). In The Book Thief, Death doesn't like the suffering of the deceased and those they left behind. He feels bad for humans who have lost people, especially during such a horrible time in Germany. Another quote that goes along with the theme is, “I witness the ones that are left behind, crumbled among the jigsaw puzzles of realization, despair, and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs” (Zusak 5). This quote is about how Death can’t stand to look at the people who have lost loved ones because he finds the pain of losing someone worse than death. These two quotes from The Book Thief support the theme of suffering throughout the

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