Liesel's Injustice In The Book Thief

In my opinion, Liesel responds to injustice more uniquely than any other character in the novel. This is demonstrated several times throughout the story. Liesel has sensitivity toward Max Vandenburg, who is Jewish and living in the basement of Liesel’s new home. The family was hiding Max in the basement to keep him from the Nazi’s. For instance, Death even stated “Certainly her brother practically died in her arms. Her mother abandoned her. But anything was better than being a Jew.” Throughout this writing I am going to tell you the unique ways that Liesel handled injustice. Liesel’s knowledge about injustice could have came from all of the books she has read. Liesel was brave to be reading books because she knew of the Nazi book burnings. …show more content…
She does not care that reading books is forbidden because the ideas she got from them were more important than the Nazi rules. Liesel’s bond with Max also shows the way she deals with injustice because she knows he is Jewish. Papa even tells Liesel “he dreams like you.” Nazism was an evil regime and evil regimes take away a person’s right to have and express ideas. Liesel was resisting the power of the Nazi’s by reading books, hiding books, and worst of all hiding a Jew in her family’s basement. Liesel refused to accept the fact that innocent people’s rights were being taken away. Death realized the world was becoming a more evil place everyday. “Her mouth jittered. Her cold arms were folded. Tears were frozen down the book thief’s face.” This quote shows the tough times people faced that death saw. To sum it up, Liesel’s search for justice was successful because she survived and was able to raise a family. Liesel found the good in a world full of cruel. “I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories are so damning and brilliant.” Death was very interested in Liesel simply because he couldn't tell her anything she didn’t already