The Book Thief Part 3

Ttile: The Book Thief 

Author: Markus Zusak
Genre: Historical Fiction

Max and Liesel, two very different people. One a Jew the other a foster child. One old, one a child. One a boy, the other a girl. Both are such different in one way, but are so similar in another. One problem that Liesel has just recently had is first she always goes to the mayors house where he spends time in the library, his wife is very nice to Liesel. But one day just when Liesel was about to leave she was given a book to keep by the mayors wife, and she asked for the mayors wife laundry (as usually because Rosa Hermann does laundry as her job). But she did not give Liesel any because they did not want her any more, Rosa had been fired. Liesel was furious she could see it in the women's eyes that the stupid book was given to her just because it was a way to say sorry that her mother had gotten fired. Liesel slammed the book to the ground giving a look with hatred and walked away. To me this was disappointing because I thought that there was going to be something more that would have to do with the mayors wife later on in the story.

And lastly what is happening in the book right now is Max keeps on having this night mare where he is fighting against Hitler. He is standing in a boxing ring just him and Hitler all surrounded by a crowd of people. At first Hitler is crushing Max, punching him until he bleeds but Max stays strong and fights for himself, and all the other jewish people in the world and he fights and fights him until Hitlers nose is bleeding. Hitler is on the ground and Max has one. But Hitler gets everyone to come into the ring and beat Max up. But the strange thing is that when Max has these dreams they are more like illuminations because he is still awake, and he will just stand their and act as if he is in a real fight, Liesel has seen him. And now each day Max will do push ups so one day he could finally defeat him.

Right now my favorite quote from the book is, 'it was a Monday, and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.' (Zusak 249). So what this quote kind of means is that each day Max always asks Liesel what the weather is outside because he can't go outside and he just wants to know what type of day it is. And one day Liesel told him it was a sunny day and he drew it.

This book has been really interesting so far and I recommend it to someone who just loves reading historic fiction novels. This book can been from all ages! It is really amazing. read, The Book Thief.