Markus Zusak Summary

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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

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