Social justice and inhumanity are shown in The Book Thief by the dehumanization of people due to what they believe in, or who they are. Ilsa is rich and German, max has no money and is Jewish. Yet, they are both struggling and in pain from the war. The mayor’s wife, Ilsa, is suffering from the war’s corruption from how it has affected her family, which lead on to affecting her mental state and general well-being. In a similar way, Max Vandenberg has also been negatively affected from the war from the loss of family and loss of mental stability. The author Markus Zusak was trying to get the message across that the injustice of war affects
