Similar to the saying of ‘think before you speak,’ words play an important role in many human interactions. The strength of words is present in that of Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief. In it, Markus Zusak tells the story of a young girl, named Liesel Meminger, who lives in Nazi Germany. To have her cope with her surroundings, Zusak has her read. While reading, she learns that kind words can make a huge difference in a loathsome occurrence. Of the books she reads, two of them represent this idea the strongest: The Standover Man, and The Word Shaker. Zusak uses The Standover Man and The Word Shaker to convey that kindness is stronger than hate. With the importance of these two books, it’s significant to realize that both of them come
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This one titled The Word Shaker. Unlike that of The Standover Man, it centers around the metaphorical “forests” of ugly “words” that can beckon people to come and do things they otherwise wouldn’t (445). However, while the hateful words of the forests hold power, the kindness that is buried under them holds a capacity for a greater amount of strength. While everyone continues to “maintain" the horrid words, the words that show compassion “never stop growing” as they have so much to offer in any situation (446-450). Like after reading the first book, Liesel helps those in need. However, this time around, she decides the she wants to try and keep the peace in the minds of everyone who has to go through a rough time. Despite there being bomb threats for that of the city Liesel lives in, she manages to write a book entitled The Book Thief. In it, she tells the story of the events she has faced in “her life, and of” the awful things she has seen (527). Significantly, Liesel writes a book about the horrible things she has glimpsed, as a way of showing others that she has survived because of the fact that she has shown kindness while having to see the appalling events happen. Collectively, this can be seen by the fact of Liesel being one of the only ones still alive after her street, “Himmel street, [finally] got bombed”
This one titled The Word Shaker. Unlike that of The Standover Man, it centers around the metaphorical “forests” of ugly “words” that can beckon people to come and do things they otherwise wouldn’t (445). However, while the hateful words of the forests hold power, the kindness that is buried under them holds a capacity for a greater amount of strength. While everyone continues to “maintain" the horrid words, the words that show compassion “never stop growing” as they have so much to offer in any situation (446-450). Like after reading the first book, Liesel helps those in need. However, this time around, she decides the she wants to try and keep the peace in the minds of everyone who has to go through a rough time. Despite there being bomb threats for that of the city Liesel lives in, she manages to write a book entitled The Book Thief. In it, she tells the story of the events she has faced in “her life, and of” the awful things she has seen (527). Significantly, Liesel writes a book about the horrible things she has glimpsed, as a way of showing others that she has survived because of the fact that she has shown kindness while having to see the appalling events happen. Collectively, this can be seen by the fact of Liesel being one of the only ones still alive after her street, “Himmel street, [finally] got bombed”