Literary Techniques In The Book Thief By Markus Zusak

Literary devices are specific language techniques which writers use to create text that is clear, interesting, and memorable. Markus Zusak uses these techniques to engage the reader. A interesting quote that is imagery is “A bandaged hand fell out of his coat sleeve and cherries of blood were seeping through the wrapping” (Zusak 465). This quote belongs in the category of Anger and abandonment. These descriptive words help the reader understand that Michael Holtzapfel was in a tragic event and he came out of the war with a big injury on his arm. By describing the blood spots as “cherries of blood” the reader can understand that Michael has very big blood stains on his shirt sleeve. Michael feels both Anger and Abandonment. He feels anger because of this tragedy that made him injure his hand. Michael also feels abandonment because he has just been sent to war and knows that he will never have the opportunity to come back home. The use of imagery helps support the theme of anger and …show more content…
The theme Anger and Abandonment was shown most often in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. What this theme means is that you feel madness building up inside of you, and that you are on your own every step of the way. Markus used a similes that really used this specific theme, “Hard times were coming. Like a parade” (Zusak 358). This relates to the theme of Anger and Abandonment because it tells us why someone would be felt left out and angry at the same time. The reason Liesel could feel anger is because sometimes when you are going through a bad situation you don't always feel superior and this may cause someone else or yourself to be angry. Liesel is also feeling abandonment because she doesn't know if she will have her friends by her back through this hard time in her life. The application of using similes helps the reader understand what something or someone is kind of