The Book Thief Book Vs Movie Essay

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Are movies and books really the same? In The Book Thief, the relationships between the characters in the film are represented just as well as in the book. Liesel’s relationships with Rudy, Hans, Max, Death, and books are all great examples of how well a book can be interpreted into a movie.
Liesel’s relationship with Rudy is more playful than her relationships with other people because he is her best friend. In the book, they first meet on the street when they were playing soccer and became friends immediately. In the movie, they just met when Rudy came to Liesel’s house to take her to school. The similarities of their relationship in the book and the movie is that they raced each other home after school, and when Franz threw The Whistler into
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Their relationship is pretty similar in the movie and in the book. He is the one who taught her how to read and write and how to roll a cigarette. Their relationship is important because she trusts him so much and he was also the person that was the most compassionate towards her and always wanted the best for her in both the movie and in the book.
Most parts of Max and Liesel’s relationship are in the movie. The only thing that was missing was when Liesel found gifts for Max when he was sick. Overall, their relationship is represented well in both the movie and the book and it shows that they get along well because of their similarities. The first conversation they had with each other was when they were talking about their dreams and this is one of the moments that brought them together.
Liesel’s relationship with Death does not show up until the end of the book. The movie does not show Liesel having an interaction with Death for obvious reasons, but I think the book described their relationship well. Death is also fascinated with Liesel because he believes her story is one of the handfuls of beautiful stories he possesses. He is probably also fascinated with the way she is always so close to death, but still manages to live such a long

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