Markus Zusak

Emily Lefeuvre Mrs. Hart ENG 2DG 4 December 2015 The Power of Propaganda and Literature In Markus Zusak’s “The Book Thief”, the author uses literary elements to emphasize the power of propaganda and literature in society. Setting is used to show the irony between Hitler and his use of words during the second world war, versus the protagonist’s use of literature to comfort her and her intentions to extend her knowledge. Characters develop throughout the story due to being victimized by the…

The Messenger Essay “In order for a text to be successful, characters must undergo meaningful change” In The Messenger, novelist Markus Zusak records the experiences of Ed Kennedy, the protagonist, as he undergoes changes that enable him to find himself, giving his a life a purpose. As the novel begins, Ed is a lazy and underachieving teenager who drives taxi-cabs for a living. Ed is laid back with little life aspirations. As the novel progresses, the messages that Ed is required to deliver…

Words… Words are everywhere, words make up books, and the power of words make The Book Thief as good as it'll ever get. Words help us communicate with others, but mainly they have positive and negative sides to them. In the novel, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Death narrates the story while Liesel Meminger also tells her story of living in Nazi, Germany. There are many people who use words in positive words like Max and Liesel, but then theres this terrible person, Adolf Hitler who uses his…

Set during the WWII-era, The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is a historical fiction describing the life of Liesel Meminger. This book caught my attention because I heard that it was narrated by Death and I wanted to see Death’s perspective of the millions of deaths that happened during WWII. Liesel is a pure German whose foster family doesn’t conform to Hitler’s Nazi policies. As a result, she struggles during the war through all her hardships but the one thing that always keeps her…

Markus Zusak Markus Zusak is 39 years old and was born is Sydney, Australia. He is the author of many books like Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I am the messenger. One of the main reasons he wrote the book thief was because his parents use to tell him stories about their childhoods when they were in Germany. In 2001, He finished writing his fourth book, which brought the idea of writing a book about a book-stealing girl. He won the “Michael L.Printz Honor Book Award for…

the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, the author expresses his inspiration and disgust towards humanity. As death narrates Liesel Meminger, we look into her life during world war two. She has gone through many struggles including losing her brother and her mom. One will see how she handles the ugly in the world using her love for words. Death targets Liesel because he is amazed with what she’s survived. Zusak shares these feelings. He expresses…

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak is written very uniquely. For starters, the narrator is death. Normally in books the messages are straight forward but in this book several people can read it and each person can get something different out of it. It should continue to be taught today because it emphasizes the power of words, how to have hope in the darkest times and how to remain loyal. If your eyes could speak, what would they say? Humans often do not realize the power we have with using our…

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is narrated by Death as he follows Liesel and her foster family during the Holocaust. Throughout the novel, books, an accordion, and bread appear multiple times. These three symbols can be compared at contrasted when looking at what they represent, how they relate to rebelling, and how they aid the evolution of the characters associated with them. To begin with, books, the accordion, and bread all symbolize positive things. For example, books symbolize power…

presented with the introduction to World War II that give insight into the basic German civilian’s life. Isabel Allende states “Write what should not be forgotten,” which ties in perfectly with The Book Thief in that the audience gets to participate in Markus Zusak’s work on the fictional life of the German girl, Liesel, and her newfound poor family as society evolves around them. Through this family's struggles the audience witnesses how the power of words can be able to shape a whole nation’s …

symbolism is of most importance in The Book Thief. This narrative is so incredibly diverse in its morals, implications, and messages, that it is both crucial and due to the author that one deciphers the various intentions of the narrative. Author Markus Zusak can be accounted with some of the most complex descriptive and figurative language…