I guess I'll focus on the main character, Liesel Meminger, and the relationships she has developed since moving into her foster family. The first is her foster father, who she was immediately drawn to. "...Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. Like soft silver, melting. Liesel, upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hans Hubermann was worth a lot"(Zusak 34). Ever since Liesel's brother died, she has had nightmares where she would wake up screaming. And it was always her Papa who was there. One time he changed her bed sheets and found a book, "The Grave Digger's Handbook". Liesel actually found this book in the snow during her brother's burial. I loved how Hans Hubermann taught his daughter to read with this book. An odd book, but an important one to her. They would have "midnight classes" whenever she woke up from her nightmares. This was the start to her obsession with books and their words.
Her foster mother, Rosa Hubermann, was a complete different story. I mean she calls her daughter saumensch, a pig. I mean she does love Liesel, but I guess has an odd way of showing it?
And then there's her friend, Rudy Steiner. They met playing soccer. "Insane or not, Rudy was always destined to be Liesel's best friend. A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship"(Zusak 48). Yeah...That quote doesn't make much sense. But that's why you read the book to get the whole story about "The Jesse Owens Incident" where Rudy painted himself with charcoal and pretended he was in the Olympics. Anyway, let's just say Rudy and Liesel are best friends and he always sticks with her, while all the other kids are bullying instead.
Interesting book. I liked what you said about the book
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