WW2, one of humanities greatest sins. It led to the death of over 60 million, and gave way to the genocide of 6 million Jews known as the Holocaust. Yet in this morbidly depressing and atrocious act, lived a young girl, who would steal books to escape the horrors around her and protect a Jewish man in defiance of Hitler. Her name is Liesel Meminger. She is the Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I can see what you’re thinking. The Book Thief. It’ll be just another book depicting the horrors of WW2, along with the consequences of war and how we shouldn’t repeat it. Haven’t we already learnt enough about WW2 by now? Well that’s where you’re wrong. I too, thought the same thing. Personally I wasn’t interested in historical fiction, thinking it would be boring and therefore was reluctant to read it. But after my mum read it she absolutely fell in love with it, she would never stop raving about it, and pleaded me to read it. So I eventually read it, might be nice to read something different for once from my normal crime books, to go past my comfort zone, and you know what? I have never been more wrong in my life, for it provided one of the most memorable …show more content…
In school were always been taught about ww2 from a third person perspective, given facts about events such as the holocaust or of the infamous Hitler or Nazi Germany. What’s interesting is that these events are never portrayed by Germany themselves, instead we rely on sources from victims such as Jews or their enemies like America. The Book Thief in comparison though portrays the perspective of ww2 from Germany’s point of view, as we come to realise that the Germans themselves become victims of war too. Highlighting how they really aren’t the evil bad guys we have portrayed them as. As you can see the book thief can be very educational, and as I currently study WW2 in class, seeing it from the perspective of a character I was invested in, made me all the more care about the impact that ww2
I can see what you’re thinking. The Book Thief. It’ll be just another book depicting the horrors of WW2, along with the consequences of war and how we shouldn’t repeat it. Haven’t we already learnt enough about WW2 by now? Well that’s where you’re wrong. I too, thought the same thing. Personally I wasn’t interested in historical fiction, thinking it would be boring and therefore was reluctant to read it. But after my mum read it she absolutely fell in love with it, she would never stop raving about it, and pleaded me to read it. So I eventually read it, might be nice to read something different for once from my normal crime books, to go past my comfort zone, and you know what? I have never been more wrong in my life, for it provided one of the most memorable …show more content…
In school were always been taught about ww2 from a third person perspective, given facts about events such as the holocaust or of the infamous Hitler or Nazi Germany. What’s interesting is that these events are never portrayed by Germany themselves, instead we rely on sources from victims such as Jews or their enemies like America. The Book Thief in comparison though portrays the perspective of ww2 from Germany’s point of view, as we come to realise that the Germans themselves become victims of war too. Highlighting how they really aren’t the evil bad guys we have portrayed them as. As you can see the book thief can be very educational, and as I currently study WW2 in class, seeing it from the perspective of a character I was invested in, made me all the more care about the impact that ww2