“The book thief lived to a very old age, far away from Molching and the demise of Himmel Street…. In her final visions, she saw…a long list of lives that merged with hers (Zusak 543).” This is a small excerpt from The Book Thief, which was written by Markus Zusak. It is a World War II story about a young girl and her story; of thieving, of loving, of yelling, and of all that happened through her life. Although there were lots of people, of Himmel Street, who changed, the main person who changed was Liesel Meminger. She is effected by everyone one around her, although her family and close friends changed her the most. For example Hans taught and loved Liesel while the Mayor, basically, had no part in her life. Even though her neighbors and family
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Since Liesel did not have a father figure before Hans, its hard for her to know what a father figure is like. She does not know if she should expect kindness or if she should expect him to be rigor. “It took them nearly 15 minutes to coax her from the car. It was the tall man who did it (zusak 28).” The tall man was Hans Hubermann and it was he coaxed Liesel out of the car quietly and soothingly. Because Hans was so soothing to Liesel, it calmed her enough to climb out of the car and see what Himmel Street looked like. Furthermore, Hans was trying his best to help the transition, because it will always be hard and he wanted her to feel welcome. However, when they did finally get Liesel to go into the house, another problem occurred. Liesel started to have nightmares of her brother, Worren, and it was Hans who would get her to calm down and help her fall back to sleep. “Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her, to love her (36).” Hans would hear Liesel wake up each night from a nightmare of her dead brother, and each night he would come to her and comfort her. Liesel once said, “She wouldn’t have any trouble calling him papa (36).” It was so easy for her to, because Hans was constantly trying to make her feel welcome and bond with her. Their bond deepens to a point where Liesel could sometimes tell if her Papa had had a bad day. Although there bond grew from the love that is shown, it deepens to a even greater level when Hans teaches Liesel to read. The first book they would read together would be A Gravedigger’s Handbook. “A black book with silver writing on it came hurtling out and landed on the floor, between the tall man’s feet (64).” This is when Hans Hubermann discovers Liesel’s first stolen book and when he decides to read and teach Liesel to read it. Later Liesel would take another book, “They were nearly halfway to Himmel
Since Liesel did not have a father figure before Hans, its hard for her to know what a father figure is like. She does not know if she should expect kindness or if she should expect him to be rigor. “It took them nearly 15 minutes to coax her from the car. It was the tall man who did it (zusak 28).” The tall man was Hans Hubermann and it was he coaxed Liesel out of the car quietly and soothingly. Because Hans was so soothing to Liesel, it calmed her enough to climb out of the car and see what Himmel Street looked like. Furthermore, Hans was trying his best to help the transition, because it will always be hard and he wanted her to feel welcome. However, when they did finally get Liesel to go into the house, another problem occurred. Liesel started to have nightmares of her brother, Worren, and it was Hans who would get her to calm down and help her fall back to sleep. “Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her, to love her (36).” Hans would hear Liesel wake up each night from a nightmare of her dead brother, and each night he would come to her and comfort her. Liesel once said, “She wouldn’t have any trouble calling him papa (36).” It was so easy for her to, because Hans was constantly trying to make her feel welcome and bond with her. Their bond deepens to a point where Liesel could sometimes tell if her Papa had had a bad day. Although there bond grew from the love that is shown, it deepens to a even greater level when Hans teaches Liesel to read. The first book they would read together would be A Gravedigger’s Handbook. “A black book with silver writing on it came hurtling out and landed on the floor, between the tall man’s feet (64).” This is when Hans Hubermann discovers Liesel’s first stolen book and when he decides to read and teach Liesel to read it. Later Liesel would take another book, “They were nearly halfway to Himmel