Death In Elie Wiesel's The Book Thief

The novel, The Book Thief, was published in the year 2005 and falls under the genre of historical fiction. In the novel, death narrates the story beginning in 1938. Liesel Meminger is presented as the book thief and is faced with many hardships at the beginning of the novel. She has lost both her parents including her little brother, Werner. This girl is faced with agony and death at such a young age in her life. This forms Liesel into a person who isolates her inner humanity and compassion towards others. When she is given off to her foster parents, they open up their hearts toward her and she feels at ease.
Liesel Meminger, her brother named Werner, and their mother are traveling by train to Munich, which is a city in Germany. This is where …show more content…
Liesel is first skeptical about Hans and Rosa Hubermann. She then begins to warm up to the Hubermanns and adapt to her new life. Leisel frequently has nightmares and Hans plays the accordion to comfort her. He is also a house painter. She makes a friend, Rudy, who is also her neighbor. Rudy is very fond of Liesel and truly cares for her. Throughout the novel, he tries kissing her, but she of course refuses every time. They both attend Hitler Youth and usually race down the streets. Leisel wants to read the book she stole at the graveyard, but does not know how to. Hans teaches her the alphabet and she begins to read. Together they read through the book. In Germany at this time, war is breaking out and food and work is becoming slim. This is a hard time in history for the people. The townspeople host a book burning festival to celebrate the birth of Hitler. Once again, Liesel sneakily steals a book from the fire. Rosa then needs Liesel to deliver laundry to her customers. Liesel then must deliver laundry to Ilsa Hermann, the mayor’s wife. Liesel is uneasy about this, because Ilsa had watched Leisel steal the book. In Ilsa’s study, there are books all along the walls, and