Fear In The Book Thief

Fear is a theme that is illustrated in throughout both books, because both books are based on a time of war, fear is an emotion felt by everyone in both books, it can affect, how you act and how you think. Fear is also used as a tool of power. In the book thief, Max's life is ruled by fear. Fear of being found, fear of being the reason the Huberman's get caught, and the fear of being. “All my life I've been scared of men standing over me.” This quote is explaining how max has felt all his life. In the short story the standover man, max is trying to convey the message that he does not want to be watched all his life. He is scared of the fact that people are superior to him, like the nazis. But for no reason. He does not want to leave in fear.

This beast is a representation of what they can become. “The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.” (Golding 82) this quote explains that fear it can't hurt you it's what you fear can. For example a Fear isn't a bear a bear is what you fear. Which is what Jack says to show that is, he was the leader they would have no need to fear, because he would take action. In the novel, there is a fear of never being rescued. As the novel progresses the hope of being rescued diminishes and continues to diminish throughout the book. “ We may stay here till we die.” (Golding 9). This quote illustrates that they might never be rescued. This foreshadows that, they cannot expect to be rescued and they will start making the island a livable habitat for them. Both books have an ever present idea of fear and in the novels, it affects how they respond to situations and how they interpret and think about their surroundings. When jack uses fear as a tool is is similar to how the Nazis use fear. For these reasons fear is a repercussion of war and exist with both novels as a prominent factor in the lives of the

Loss is closely connected to death in the novels because the characters experience loss of friends and family in both books.Fear is such an important theme is the novels because they take place in a time of war and these characters have to live in a constant fear of being bombed or being attacked of having something taken from them. Death is overlooming sadness on the novels. There seems to be no way to escape it and what it does to their friends and family. Foreshadowing is very prominent in both books but is most in the book thief. Foreshadowing gives a hinted explanation of what is going to happen in the future. This helps proves the thesis because it can give insight on how the deal with the issues they are present from the repercussions. For example, “He didn’t deserve to die the way he did.” (Zusak, 241). From this quote it can be stated that Liesel will have a devastating reaction to Rudy's death. Personification assists in showing the true feelings of the characters and the thoughts of the author. In the lord of flies golding states "roots screamed as they came out of the earth together." (Golding 194). This statement shows the dauntingness the the boys face and also how Golding depicts the forest and the true nature of the environment. Symbolism is exhibited many times throughout the the lord of the flies and the book thief. Each book has objects or character that symbolize something of greater significance. From the