Mark Zusak's 'Book Thief' is a coming-of-age historical fiction novel, narrated by death, following a young girl, Leisle Meminger, as she grows up in Nazi-occupied Germany. I will explore the novel's…
The Book Thief
The Book Thief is a novel that successfully conveys how one relationship can emerge and significantly affect one's life. Here in this novel, the main character Liesel is first introduced as a very dis…
Death? Who or what is Death? Death, as we know it in the real world, marks the end of a person's life, yet as presented in the novel, Death isn't all that horrific. The novel, 'The Book Thief' by Mark…
For a long time, film adaptations of books have dominated Hollywood, whether it be movies like Harry Potter, or television series such as Game of Thrones. Adaptations of books in the film industry com…
The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, is about a young girl named Liesel viewed through the eyes of Death. Liesel finds empowerment through words and uses them in both a negative and positive way. …
Imagine how the world would be without words. Words help shape our everyday lives. They can help us, but they can sometimes also hurt us. This is shown in The Book Thief, by Mark Zusak, when a girl na…
"I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally..."-Ann Brashares. Throughout all the novels and films read this semester, multiple characters embody s…
"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills," \- Chinese proverb. Other perspectives help impact a community by changing the way a group of people or a single pe…
The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak is a novel that details the life of a young girl named Liesel amidst the times of World War 2. Similarly, Boy in the Striped Pajamas, originally a novel, then a…
Books are ordinarily narrated by the main character or an unnamed outsider but, The Book Theif, by Markus Zusak, is narrated by Death. Moreover, Death gives a whole new insight about the story, such a…