"I am haunted by humans," claims Death in The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. What exactly does Death mean by that? Throughout the novel, characters formulate situations displaying beauty as well as brutality. In a plethora of these cases, characters respond to acts of malice with kindness. The fact that numerous people have the inability to return the equivalent vengeance to another individual can be quite a paradox for Death, considering that this entity is not human. Through Hans Hubermann's gift of bread for a Jewish fugitive, Rudy's capacity to solace an enemy bomber pilot with a teddy bear, and Ilsa Hermann's tolerance towards Liesel's outbursts, Zusak claims that the power of compassion can overcome any form of animosity. First of all,
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There are many instances in which Frau Hermann tolerates Liesel's negative actions. To make an illustration, Frau Hermann accepts the manner in which Liesel dehumanizes her son's death. Also, Ilsa presents a dictionary to Liesel after discovering the young girl's desire to steal her library books. Zusak details one act of ferocity that stands out amongst the others, by specifying, "She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon, there was nothing but scraps of words littered between her legs and all around her" (Zusak 683). It is one thing to demolish someone's own possession. On the contrary, many would believe that an individual deserves major consequences if he ruins someone else's property. A plethora of readers anticipate Frau Hermann to finally lose her emotional stability and shame Liesel. However, when Ilsa visits Liesel's house, "she reached into her bag and pulled out a small black book. Inside was not a story, but lined paper" (Zusak 686). Ilsa gifts Liesel with a blank book because she notices the potential she has as a writer. Frau Hermann did not read Liesel's letter of forgiveness as a way to verify the book thief as the perpetrator; on the other hand, she analyzes the positive aspects of the letter and notices an advanced incorporation of conventions and sentence fluency. Within this example, the harm of destruction does not influence the individual to return the same favor; instead, the greatness of positivity allows the individual to shed light on another's
There are many instances in which Frau Hermann tolerates Liesel's negative actions. To make an illustration, Frau Hermann accepts the manner in which Liesel dehumanizes her son's death. Also, Ilsa presents a dictionary to Liesel after discovering the young girl's desire to steal her library books. Zusak details one act of ferocity that stands out amongst the others, by specifying, "She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon, there was nothing but scraps of words littered between her legs and all around her" (Zusak 683). It is one thing to demolish someone's own possession. On the contrary, many would believe that an individual deserves major consequences if he ruins someone else's property. A plethora of readers anticipate Frau Hermann to finally lose her emotional stability and shame Liesel. However, when Ilsa visits Liesel's house, "she reached into her bag and pulled out a small black book. Inside was not a story, but lined paper" (Zusak 686). Ilsa gifts Liesel with a blank book because she notices the potential she has as a writer. Frau Hermann did not read Liesel's letter of forgiveness as a way to verify the book thief as the perpetrator; on the other hand, she analyzes the positive aspects of the letter and notices an advanced incorporation of conventions and sentence fluency. Within this example, the harm of destruction does not influence the individual to return the same favor; instead, the greatness of positivity allows the individual to shed light on another's