Introducing itself from the viewpoint of Death, the narrator describes the world in colors avoiding the sadness and robust part of his duty, taking care of the dead. The Book Thief is focused upon a daring brown eyed girl, in which a complex character is revealed. The author develops this character through the eyes of the narrator, who finds a fondness in her for her strong and caring personality, Death sees hope in humanity after watching her life. This girl, Liesel Meminger, is a very dynamic character that the author slowly yet solidly develops throughout the story, eventually earning her the title, “ The Book Thief”. Liesel is the main complex character in the plot, due to her personal growth through the rising complications.
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Having only one perspective also played part in making Liesel the mobile pawn, the author has the ability to do with her as he pleased. Other characters in The Book Thief were only necessary to further develop Liesel’s apparatus, they were involved in her life to show how she reacted with others. Using Rudy as an example; he met Liesel while playing soccer with other kids from the neighborhood but immediately they became close friends that grew a strong bond. “A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand. He grinned” ( Zusak 241). This only shows that Rudy was willing to do almost anything for Liesel, he had jumped into freezing cold water to save a book, although he did want a kiss in return that never came. Eventually Liesel understood the what kind of a friend Rudy was and appreciated him. He also taught her love, but Liesel did not deem that a quality she cared for until it was too …show more content…
Liesel Meminger was not living the life that is dreamed of, she had nightmares, she had accidents, and she lost people close to her. Many of the most real things that some authors like to leave out are the most important ones. The relationship that Liesel built with her friends and foster family are important pieces that can be applied to life; the idea that everything can change. Readers can always relate to the building of bonds, whether with loved ones or friends who are committed and family who will suffer alongside one another. The narrator says, “A human doesn’t have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time” (Zusak 491). Death goes on to say that he sees people at their best times and their worst which he is not very fond of but in the end we have the gift of dying in he cannot do. Too many people take life for granted and that is one thing Liesel did not do, it is also one thing that can most importantly be related
Having only one perspective also played part in making Liesel the mobile pawn, the author has the ability to do with her as he pleased. Other characters in The Book Thief were only necessary to further develop Liesel’s apparatus, they were involved in her life to show how she reacted with others. Using Rudy as an example; he met Liesel while playing soccer with other kids from the neighborhood but immediately they became close friends that grew a strong bond. “A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand. He grinned” ( Zusak 241). This only shows that Rudy was willing to do almost anything for Liesel, he had jumped into freezing cold water to save a book, although he did want a kiss in return that never came. Eventually Liesel understood the what kind of a friend Rudy was and appreciated him. He also taught her love, but Liesel did not deem that a quality she cared for until it was too …show more content…
Liesel Meminger was not living the life that is dreamed of, she had nightmares, she had accidents, and she lost people close to her. Many of the most real things that some authors like to leave out are the most important ones. The relationship that Liesel built with her friends and foster family are important pieces that can be applied to life; the idea that everything can change. Readers can always relate to the building of bonds, whether with loved ones or friends who are committed and family who will suffer alongside one another. The narrator says, “A human doesn’t have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time” (Zusak 491). Death goes on to say that he sees people at their best times and their worst which he is not very fond of but in the end we have the gift of dying in he cannot do. Too many people take life for granted and that is one thing Liesel did not do, it is also one thing that can most importantly be related