The Book Thief

By: Markus Zusak

Main Characters in the Book Thief.
Liesel: Main character
Rudy: Liesels best friend
Hans Hubermann: stepfather of Liesel.
Rosa Hubermann: stepmother of Liesel.
Max: A Jewish man who Hans knows.
Tommy: Liesels friend
Ilsa Hermann: Mayors wife.
Death: the narrator.
Minor characters
Hans Jr.: A member of the Nazi Party and
was against his dad for not being in the Nazi
Party.
Trudy: Daughter of the Hubermanns.
Frau Holtzapfel: A neighbor of the
Hubermanns and they have had a rivalry for
a while until Liesel reads to Frau.
Protagonists
Liesel: She was a sympathetic and loving
girl who tried to do the right thing even
though it may have been a crime.

Antagonists
Nazism: Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party the
main antagonists in the Book Thief. They
were the ones who made the awful events
we see and the suffering of the characters.
Setting in the Book Thief.
Molching, Germany during WW2. A town
that outskirts the concentration camp
Dachau and they lived on the street Himmel
Street which translates to Heaven.
Conflict
Liesel is only nine when her brother dies and
she has to leave her mother and gets a new
family. With this kind of disaster to her it
gives her bad habit of stealing. First she
steals a grave digger's handbook for
beginners and then she starts to steal more
books and occasionally food.
Resolution
Liesel decided that she would steal for the
common good and she also wanted to read
all the books she had stolen and so this
helped her steal books without guilt and
helped her learn how to read.
Three major events
The death of her brother is a main event
because this is what gets her addicted to
books and stealing them. Another event was
the arrival of Max to Himmel street. He was
a Jew in the heart of Germany. You could
tell that it was going to be dangerous.
Three major events
One last major event was Hans handing
bread to the Jew. The result of that was
Hans being whipped and forced to go into
the army which made Rosa realize how
much she loved her husband. Before that
happened she had thought she hated him.
Spoiler
If you havent read the book yet the next
slide will be a spoiler.
Conclusion
In the end Liesel is writing a book about her
life when Himmel street was bomb and
everyone died except for Liesel. She then
moved to Australia and lived peacefully and
when she died, death gave her the book that
she was writing when they were bombed.
What I thought
I recommend this to all readers because you
will not want to put the book down when you
start and it is a longer read so it doesnt end
quickly. Also Markus Zusak wrote the book
in a different yet very creative, which was a
great change than the formal writing.