Dualism In The Book Thief

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In the midst of Nazism, Hitler's malicious and frightful words carve their way through people’s mind and soul, at the same time some characters in the book thief stands as an evidence that people who do not wish to be influence by Hitler's weapon like words; develop the quality of duality in their identity, in order to survive in the society where contradiction against Hitler's word leads to death. The character of Hans Huberman exhibits in the story as a law abiding citizen in the eyes of society, but in reality, he offers ascend to some activities that directly opposes the Nazi ideology. Hans Huberman, a law abiding citizen, so much so that he abides to join the Nazi party, while in reality he is hiding a Jew named Max in his house, by doing

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