Propaganda In The Book Thief

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak has a way with his words as his words comes to life.
The setting of this book is Nazi Germany when Hitler controlled the country and had power over all of the Jews and the Nazis. The protagonist in Markus’s book is a character named Liesel, a young girl whose brother had died on the way to the Hubermanns and that later found out her mother was a communist. Liesel was able to steal a book named The Grave Digger's Handbook during her brother’s funeral. Liesel was not able to read at all , she wanted to be able to read and understand especially what The Grave Digger's Handbook was about.
Liesel then met Hans Hubermann, a man who loved to smoke cigarettes and play the accordion and also taught Liesel how to pronounce and read words from the book which helped her understand them by writing them down in the wall of
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In the novel , the Fuhrer would take over Germany by his words, this information given is true, Hitler inspired so many people to believe the power of his words which is called manipulation. Hitler used propaganda on all of Germany to make the people believe as if they were all important and not just individuals. Hitler believed that all books that have an important message should be burned including all books written by Jewish people on Hitler’s birthday . “ This particular year, with the development of the war and Hitler’s current victorious position, the Nazi partisans of Molching wanted the celebration to be especially befitting. There would be a parade. Marching. Music. Singing. There would be a fire” (Zusak, 69). On this day a huge bonfire in the middle of Molching everyone gathered to burn the books . The purpose of this celebration is to burn down all the books that contain the opposite teachings of Hitler, because if they were to discover the books, they would be against his

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