The Book Thief Essays and Research Papers

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a World War II historical fiction novel set in Germany. Told through the eyes of Death, this novel gives an insight into what life is like for everyday people in Molching, Germany, where Jews and many others are being persecuted under Hitler’s rule. This novel focuses on Liesel…

Introduction The book thief tells the tales of Liesel Meminger, a young German girl living during World War II who finds her life increasingly tied to book many of which, as the title suggest, are stolen. Seemingly abandoned by her parents and witness to her younger brother’s death by illness, Liesel is sent to live…

“If you feel like it, come with me. I will tell you a story. I’ll show you something.” (Zusak 15) This is said by the narrator, death, at the start of The Book Thief. The book is set in World War 2, a time when death and destruction played a major role. Because Death is…

The historical Nazi Germany based novel The Book Thief written by award winner writer Markus Zusak contains a story which designates how selfless actions spare other individuals’ lives. The protagonist Liesel Meminger is repeatedly shown to do risks to protect an endangered Jew who is running away from the Nazis as they had a terrible…

The Book Thief is all about a girl named Liesel. During world war two she stayed in Germany. She is not afraid to steal things or even ask for help. The things that Liesel usually steals are books. The only thing off about this whole thing is that she can’t read at all. She can…

Markus Zusak was born on June 23, 1975 in Sydney Australia. He came from humble beginnings as the son of a house painter and a maid. He is the youngest of four children and neither of his parents could read or write any English when they first arrived to Australia. Because Zusak’s parents were illiterate,…

A gentle and infinite death, coming from the chocolate – coloured sky, said to tell a story to us. About an abandoned little girl, a few pages of text that stretches the soul, a man who plays the accordion, a fanatic hair that is in the opposite direction to everyone, a sultry German with a…

Structure Point of view: first person omniscient Relationship to meaning: Death provides a thought provoking perspective on Liesel’s story and the events that occurred in her life by being able to provide insight that only an outsider looking in could give the reader. Plot Structure Exposition The story starts off by introducing Death as the…

In the Book Thief, three characters, each from a different generation and background, collide in a small town in Germany. Hans Huberman, Max Vandenburg, and Liesel Meminger, makes sense of what society expects them to do and what they think is right. Their past keeps them from seeing the world in an oblivious state of…

The movie was set during world war II, the biggest war in history, involving over 30 countries. The war went on for 6 long years, from 1949 to 1945 (“World War II”, 2009). The film is based on a novel by Markus Zusak, who is of German and Austrian descent, so he chose the subject…