The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a historical-fiction book published in 2005 by Picador. The story is narrated by Death, and takes place in Germany, in a small city, called Molching, during WWII. The story begins with Liesel, a young girl, moving in with her new foster parents, and the next four years of her life on Himmel street, which changes dramatically with the heightening of WWII. On Himmel street, she meets Rudy Steiner, her best friend, and Max Vandenburg, a Jewish fistfighter. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was a phenomenally well-written story, accurately portraying Nazi Germany during WWII. The book begins with Liesel meeting her foster parents for the first time. When Liesel sees her new foster parents and their house, she stubbornly
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Zusak provides an accurate description of the treatments of the Jews during WWII, “Their gaunt faces were stretched with torture. Hunger ate them…” (Zusak, 392). This description of the Jewish people who were sent to concentration camps is highly accurate, as they were starved at these camps and later would be forced to march down German streets. If anyone would try to help, as Hans Hubermann did, they would be whipped for helping the Jews. Similarly, Zusak does a precise job in portraying WWII and in describing the shelters, which tended to be,”... a nice, deep basement. Twenty-two people's crammed themselves into it” (Zusak, 373). During WWII, many cities in Germany would have a shelter or a place for people to hide when the sirens would go off, meaning there was an air-raid about to take place. These shelters tended to be deep and large basements with a sturdy structure. Markus Zusak does not just do a good job of keeping the book historically accurate, he also makes sure to keep the book entertaining and realistic. Zusak brought the book to life by choosing Death as the narrator. He used a style in which the results of major events is told in the beginning of the section and then describing it through the section.The author does this in section 10 of the book, as Death tells the reader that Hans and Rosa would die, but the reader feels compelled to keep reading until
Zusak provides an accurate description of the treatments of the Jews during WWII, “Their gaunt faces were stretched with torture. Hunger ate them…” (Zusak, 392). This description of the Jewish people who were sent to concentration camps is highly accurate, as they were starved at these camps and later would be forced to march down German streets. If anyone would try to help, as Hans Hubermann did, they would be whipped for helping the Jews. Similarly, Zusak does a precise job in portraying WWII and in describing the shelters, which tended to be,”... a nice, deep basement. Twenty-two people's crammed themselves into it” (Zusak, 373). During WWII, many cities in Germany would have a shelter or a place for people to hide when the sirens would go off, meaning there was an air-raid about to take place. These shelters tended to be deep and large basements with a sturdy structure. Markus Zusak does not just do a good job of keeping the book historically accurate, he also makes sure to keep the book entertaining and realistic. Zusak brought the book to life by choosing Death as the narrator. He used a style in which the results of major events is told in the beginning of the section and then describing it through the section.The author does this in section 10 of the book, as Death tells the reader that Hans and Rosa would die, but the reader feels compelled to keep reading until