Markus Zusak intended to show us that words are capable of causing harm. He describes the events in a way that shows that words are almost as bad as physical pain. They can harm people mentally, like Liesel did to Ilsa Hermann. “She sprayed her words directly into the woman’s eyes.” This sentence shows that Liesel intends to harm Ilsa with the insults she was using. Liesel thought that words were the only way she could harm Ilsa after she and her husband cut off the laundry service that Rosa provided, which was one of their few sources of income. Liesel was very angry and cruelly took it out on Frau Hermann. On the next page, it is shown that Liesel had an effect on Ilsa. “She was battered and beaten up, and not from smiling this time.” This
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief depicts the life of a certain young German girl named Liesel Meminger during World War II. Her story was told through the eyes of Death, who narrates both the blessings and devastation that occurred during that era. Liesel experiences living with her new foster parents and come across a boy named Rudy Steider who will later on become her best friend. As the story unfolds, Liesel gradually discovers the horrifying truth behind the Nazi regime as her foster parents take refuge of a Jewish man. Despite being in the midst of destruction and recently coping from her traumatic background, she undertakes on a journey of self-discovery and
She finally tells Rudy about Max after the incident. Liesel returns to Ilsa Hermann’s library and destroys a book because she becomes angry with how words can bring so much hate and then she writes and apology to Mrs. Hermann. Mrs. Hermann comes to Liesel’s house a few days later and gives her a journal so she can write her own story. One day while she was writing in her journal in the basement, an air raid happens and Liesel is the only survivor because she was safe in the basement. She is saved by the LSE and kisses Rudy’s dead lips and says goodbye to her Mama and Papa. She is taken by the mayor and his wife and when Alex Steiner comes back from the war, him and Liesel spend a lot of time together. Eventually, Max shows up and they have a bittersweet
The blunt diction in “Parable in Praise of Violence” elucidates the condemnation of the speaker towards those who lash out due to their emotions through
In this passage, Liesel just stopped beating up Ludwig Schmeikl and Tommy Muller. Liesel is mad because she is learning how to read with Hans but can’t prove it to her classmates that she can read so they think she is stupid. Liesel tries to defend herself not by proving that she’s not stupid but with violence instead, much like how Hitler handled the Jews with killing them and destroying their homes.
The characters throughout the novel get impacted tremendously by negative comments. Most of the main characters in the book get torn down one way or another by a hurtful comment. However, words aren’t always used negatively. They have the power to teach new things which can increase one’s intellect. Liesel, throughout the book, was impacted the most by words because she started out knowing nothing and eventually she became very smart. The last positive thing words can do is make a person's dreams become reality. Max’s stories were beneficial to both him and his friend Liesel. They were an inspiration to them and allowed them to follow their aspirations. Words, and how we speak to one another can be very impactful. The Book Thief provides numerous examples as to how important it is to have a positive command of language, and we see how rhetoric has shaped the lives of many key characters throughout this
She loves how words can fill her up, but then she also realizes that words can be ugly things, especially in the way Hitler can use words to encourage the German people to carry out horrific violence and cause so much suffering. She
Rosa is the one to jump to this conclusion, "I bet it started with the snowman -fooling around with ice and snow in the cold down there" (Zusak 315). Rosa primes Liesel's guilt by identifying that the ice could possibly be the source of Max's' illness. This identification causes Liesel to feel guilt as she questions herself, "Why did I have to bring all that snow down" (Zusak 316). Liesel seems to feel guilt stronger in this situation considering she turkey cares about Max. Liesel directly displays her guilt when she clenches her hands, "She clenched her hands, as if to pray" (Zusak 316). This shows that she feels guilty for her actions and results in her praying for Max’s
Through ‘The Book Thief’, Markus Zusak has demonstrated his writing to be poignant, poetic, and profound. He is a writer of brilliance, a poet, the Picasso of words, a literary marvel.
Liesl, an extremely graceful and intelligent woman imprisoned inside a deformed and gargantuan body. Liesl plays a vital role in Dunstan’s development and psychological rebirth, as she helps him rediscover his body, his emotions, and himself. Liesl is a character who is very prominent in Dunstan's life. She plays one of, if not the most significant role in Ramsay's life among the other women. She also portrays the devil, and brings out Dunstan's "shadow self"; the unconscious instincts that he has repressed from past experiences. Without Liesl, Dunstan would never had experienced happiness and ultimately a life well lived. Liesl’s surname is “Vitzliputzli”, which means ‘devil’. In Jungian terms, one’s ‘devil’ refers to the “suppressed part of the personality, the dark or more primitive side of the consciousness.” Thus, Liesl represent...
The power of words can influence many people which results in many characters to be negatively impacted like Liesel. The negative effects of that the theme of the power of words causes Liesel to experience misery throughout her lifetime. Liesel is abandoned by her mother at a young age.
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness” (84). In the beginning, we are introduced to the narrator by the name of Death. He informs the readers that he has many stories, but only remembers the ones that interest him. The tale of Liesel Meminger is one such tale, as he was always fascinated by her will to live through the most horrible instances. It should be duly noted however, that this story does not have a happy ending. Death makes this clear before we even have a chance to get our hopes up. He tells us that everyone dies; the amount of time that they last is truly the only difference. After this sordid fact is in place, he mentions just Liesel first attracted his attention.
With the mention of death, what first comes to mind? An obvious answer tends to lurk within the cases of our hearts: emotions and memories filled with sorrow, misery, and grief. It’s likely our first characterization of death isn’t one of beauty due to humanity’s label of death as a figure of fear. However, with the introduction of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the narrator happens to be Death, whose anatomy includes emotional capabilities much like our own, proving themselves prominent and important to the backbone of the story. In the beginning, we are not only introduced to Death but many contrasting themes through a young girl, Liesel Meminger, who has become familiar with the meetings
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These people provide the weakness of Ilsa as evidence that she is getting terrible to choose her best lover. However, it is clear that the situation is going from bad to worst day by day, so that we do not know what will happen next till the end of the movie. We clearly know that she loves both of them, and she does not want to put them in difficulties. As we have seen in this character, she looks in the emotional struggle over choosing her best, but she knows very well who her best is. In my opinion, Ilsa is loyal to her husband, whom she has been thinking is dead. Even though there is strong love relationship between Rick and Ilsa, she has left Rick in Paris when she notices her husband is alive. We cannot imagine whom Ilsa loves more. Some people may believe that she loves Rick more than her husband, Laszlo, but we have seen that she sticks with her husband, which is the right thing she did as a loyal
Liesel threw her linen sheet over her shoulders and found her way out of the shelter, in search for something to satisfy her hunger. The acute hunger over the years, had slowly engulfed her body like an animal; manipulating and controlling her body as if she was puppet. Pulling her. Torturing her.