The environment that children grow up in has a large impact on how they handle more difficult situations in the future and for Liesel her rough past gives her a different view on future events. She stays strong through the hardest times in Germany, and she learns to take what little good can come out of the darkest situation. The impact that the war has caused on Liesel herself as well as her friends and family only makes her stronger in the future. Liesel, throughout the novel, encounters many difficult and appalling events that mold her morals and beliefs to make her a stronger person in order to withstand the tragic state of Molching, Germany.
Beginning with Liesel's arrival to Himmel Street where she will …show more content…
In the last part of the book Liesel is awakened by officials looking for survivors but she is then greeted by her dear friend Rudy whom she never got to love and grow old with. She also sees her two adopted parents cold and breathless, lying in the street and is overcome with emotions. (Zusak 499) Leaving her family was the hardest thing to do but then to waken to the only people she knew was worse than devastating for Liesel. In the final part of the book death fast forwards through Liesel’s life and shows readers her accomplishment. The reader learns about Liesel’s children and grandchildren as well as her very successful writing career. This proves how Liesel took her misfortune and made it into something bigger and told her story, the story of Liesel Meminger. The thesis is most prominent in the last segment of the novel when the reader finally sees what Liesel becomes after her devastating childhood.
The war has a short term negative effect on Liesel but in the long run it teaches her important lesson early on. The experiences of the war and the losses of her loved ones only helps her mature inorder to endure other even in her future. Therefore, it is important to take these hard moments in life and find the good in every