Words Used In The Book Thief

We live in an age where many of us do not clearly understand the power of words. In The Book Thief, many words are used in books that were read or wrote by a character. Sometimes words help you rise in power. Other times books can hold you back. In my opinion books make you think a lot, especially the words used in books.
In this book Liesel steals a total of six books, every book having something behind it. One of the books Liesel stole was found by Liesel lying in the snow at her brother’s funeral which made it more important. This was aswell the first book Liesel was taught to read. Stealing one book made her crave to steal more. The next book stolen was The Shoulder Shrug found deep in a part of the pile of the book burning on Hitler’s birthday. The book was not yet burnt. Anger pushed her to steal this book. The next book is called The Dream Carrier stolen from Ilsa Hermann’s library. There are various books stolen from Ilsa Hermann also including A Song in the Dark, The Whistler, which was read in the bomb shelter , and The Last Human Stranger. All these books represents who she is as a person and have been found in either important places to her, or the ideas have …show more content…
Both these books illustrate how powerful Liesel and Max’s friendship is. In The Standover Man Max is illustrating his life in different words and things. It talks about how Max’s first standover man was his own father who vanished. There were always people standing over him and being better than him. He soon discovers that the best standover “man” is a girl that didn’t stand over him, but stand with him. In his second book The Word Shaker talks about the friendship of Max and Liesel and how words help people rise to power. Words can be powerful for both positive and negative things and people. I think in this story it proves how powerful words really are the most and how they can affect people's