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She didn’t dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging on to her as she hauled the words in and breathed them out…For at least twenty minutes, she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw vision of the whistler running from the crime scene. Liesel did not. The book thief saw only the mechanics of the worlds-their bodies stranded on the paper, beaten down for her to walk on (Zusak 381).
This quote was taken from the part of the story where the whole town was in a bomb shelter during the second bombing of Himmel Street. It was chaotic; people were crying, screaming, and crushing. During the wait, Liesel starts to read out loud to calm herself down. After a while, other people realizes it soon and the whole room was silent. Liesel Meminger notices that everyone began to relax and forget about the loud booms and airplanes outside. This is when she discovers the power of words. The people only imagine the scenes from the story instead of the possibilities that their houses are in …show more content…
But the reader also sees that Liesel is not completely frank to new people who help her create relationships with the truly compassionate people. She discovers friendships and words’ abilities and takes advantage of them. She reads these books while her foster father is away, the bombings, and while Max was hidden away in their house in order to forget about these things for a while. Words also save her life. When Himmel Street was broken into fragments by the Allies, she was in the basement making her own words. She got this idea from the other people around her and her books. Liesel, the mayor, and the mayor’s wife were the only ones left alive in the community. The most important message is that words have an impact on us for it is the theme of this story. This is what the author wants to convey to the readers. Words have an influence on peopleto do good and bad things.One person that helps Liesel change was Max. Max was the son of Hans Hubermann’s dead friend who is sought after for being Jewish. While Max hides in their basement, he writes his own books that were titled as The Standover Man and Word Shaker.In the Word Shaker, Max wrote about Liesel and how Hitler realizes that words have an effect on people. He also wrote that the people on top are the ones that fully understand words. She benefits from the friends she had. Liesel learns how to read from Hans Hubermann and steal what she loves with Rudy. As Liesel Meminger concludes her narrative, she says, “I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right” (Zusak 528). Like Liesel, people need to make sure that they use their words properly, whether it is to their advantage or for
This quote was taken from the part of the story where the whole town was in a bomb shelter during the second bombing of Himmel Street. It was chaotic; people were crying, screaming, and crushing. During the wait, Liesel starts to read out loud to calm herself down. After a while, other people realizes it soon and the whole room was silent. Liesel Meminger notices that everyone began to relax and forget about the loud booms and airplanes outside. This is when she discovers the power of words. The people only imagine the scenes from the story instead of the possibilities that their houses are in …show more content…
But the reader also sees that Liesel is not completely frank to new people who help her create relationships with the truly compassionate people. She discovers friendships and words’ abilities and takes advantage of them. She reads these books while her foster father is away, the bombings, and while Max was hidden away in their house in order to forget about these things for a while. Words also save her life. When Himmel Street was broken into fragments by the Allies, she was in the basement making her own words. She got this idea from the other people around her and her books. Liesel, the mayor, and the mayor’s wife were the only ones left alive in the community. The most important message is that words have an impact on us for it is the theme of this story. This is what the author wants to convey to the readers. Words have an influence on peopleto do good and bad things.One person that helps Liesel change was Max. Max was the son of Hans Hubermann’s dead friend who is sought after for being Jewish. While Max hides in their basement, he writes his own books that were titled as The Standover Man and Word Shaker.In the Word Shaker, Max wrote about Liesel and how Hitler realizes that words have an effect on people. He also wrote that the people on top are the ones that fully understand words. She benefits from the friends she had. Liesel learns how to read from Hans Hubermann and steal what she loves with Rudy. As Liesel Meminger concludes her narrative, she says, “I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right” (Zusak 528). Like Liesel, people need to make sure that they use their words properly, whether it is to their advantage or for