Eventually, however, liesel finds friends in the town, and her existence becomes a lot more interesting when a young jewish refugee, max ben schnetzer, takes shelter with the. I am focusing in this video on liesel and max and their friendship in the book. The book thief is an extraordinary, heartbreaking book. The accordion strapped to her a she missed hans, the feeding and caring unquestioningly for max, the saving and giving of max s book to liesel what was liesel s life like. Why does max only want liesel to have the latter when shes ready. Liesel she wants a book because she was earning it, she needs the book to survive reading to max, power of words rudy after being defeated multiple times at hitler youth, he needs to win, rudy wants food and needs it to survive. Bonding over nightmares, both the feeling of guilt, both found comfort in hans home etc. Notably that of liesel and papa, liesel and rudy, liesel and max. Nov 22, 20 the book thief, based on the novel by markus zusak, follows the story of adolescent book thief liesel meminger sophie nelisse during the time of nazi germany. Another similarity in their experience is that they have both found sanctuary through the hubermanns taking them in.
In the book thief, compare and contrast the lives of liesel and max. Having the boy discover this while max is still living. Initially max and liesel are apprehensive around each other, but they discover that they have something important in common. The standover man is a more heavily illustrated story that max gives to liesel as. The book thief is a story narrated by a compassionate death who tells us about liesel, a girl growing up in germany during world war ii. She steals books, learns to read, and finds comfort in words.
The novel the book thief develops the relationship between liesel meminger and her neighbours more than the film the book thief therefore minimizing the theme. Writing and reading was liesels comfort and ilsa provided her with it in multiple ways. The book that was thrown into the river in the novel, was a book liesel had stolen to read to max. According to hitler, only one of them was considered a person. The book thief in the book thief compare and contrast the lives of liesel and max. Over the course of the novel, she befriends max, the jew who arrives to hide from the nazis in the hubermanns basement, and falls in love with rudy steiner, her best friend.
Compare and contrast for the book, night, and the book thief as a language arts assignment. Because a doctor cant be called, for obvious reasons, liesel resorts to the only remedies she knows. At that moment, you will be lying there i rarely find people standing up. Jun 27, 2015 i made this video because i love the friendship between liesel and max in the book thief. Compare and contrast liesel and max by courtney boyd on prezi. Now, i must preface this by saying i always find the book better than. The book is about an abandoned child that wants to grow up to be a priest. Liesel is a very complex character in the book thief. One way they are similar is because they both enjoy some of the same activities, like soccer and stealing. Liesel comes from a long tradition of young innocent heroines. Compare and contrast the lives of liesel and max vandenburg. These are just a few of the differences between the book and movie versions of the book thief. There are some moving moments in the book, a good use of irony and an unusual narrative.
Given the political context of the time, with hatred and violence against jews being rampant, max clearly finds liesels kindness to be extraordinary. In which running away together makes so much sense but falling in love is a different story. The book thief book vs film with a book as beloved as markus zusaks the book thief, an adaptation was always going to be a challenge. Liesel sees it beside him while he is sleeping and opens it. My role as predictor was to make predictions based on the following section of the book thief. In the book, the whistler gets thrown into the river when rudy finds out about max. Aug 12, 2015 the book that was thrown into the river in the novel, was a book liesel had stolen to read to max. Liesel meminger as a girl with a mountain to climb liesel meminger is the main character of the book the book thief.
She is a little, but very strong girl, who has to suffer too much in her life. Narrated by death, the novel takes as its protagonist liesel meminger, a girl who grows up in a foster home where jews arent seen as evil, in a departure from attitudes in the rest of nazi germany. In the book thief, compare and contrast the lives of. Compare and contrast liesel and rudys motives for robbing the mayors house. Finally rosa makes liesel go out and play soccer to take a break. With death, himself, as the narrator, you know it is going to be an amazing journey. At night, liesel continues having nightmares about her dead brother, while max has nightmares about hitler and the family he left behind. The book thief has a number of elements that invite comparison with the fairytale genre in a fairytale, good and evil are clearly delineated as opposing forces. Cinderella, snow white, red riding hood, and goldilocks. Liesel in particular is kind to max, and the two develop a strong bond. Another way they are similar is they are close to the same age, liesel being only 8 months younger than rudy. Max repaints the pages of the book, mein kampf and gives it to liesel for her to write in it. Max lives with the hubermann family in their basement and is in hiding from the german soldiers. Get an answer for in the book thief, compare and contrast the lives of liesel and max.
The characters liesel meminger and rudy stiener are very similar in many ways. Like the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, which was initially targeted at young adults in britain but to adults in the usa, the book thief is one of those rare books that really does speak to both young and old alike. Liesel sits and talks to max, but he keeps sleeping for days. She is about fifteen toward the end of the novel when the bombs destroy her home and kill her loved ones.
They both lived in the time period where the nazi regime ruled germany. The standover man and the word shaker which he gifts to liesel. The accordion strapped to her a she missed hans, the feeding and caring unquestioningly for max, the saving and giving of maxs book to liesel what was liesels life like. If it had been the whistler, the hubermanns secret would have been kept long after max safely escaped the basement. Dick, a notable author, once said there exists, for everyone, a sentence a series of words that has the power to destroy you.
She steals this book during the period that max is sick. See more ideas about the book thief, markus zusak and book thief quotes. The ending is good and somehow very plausible however, i have to say i found the storyline altogether slow and meandering, the plot thin and for me there was never any sense of drama, tension. Liesel is traumatized by her brothers death, but hans proves to be a calming foster father. Contrast liesel s expectations regarding the mayors wife as compared with the reality of.
When max and liesel have a joyful reunion, its almost like the jewish fighter is punching hitler right in the face. After tragedy strikes her family, liesel is adopted by kindhearted workingclass painter hans hubermann geoffrey rush and his strict but loving wife rose emily watson. Max repaints the pages of the book, mein kampf and hand paintswrites two books. Compare liesel and rudy in a venn diagram the book thief.
Feb 26, 2015 however, in the movie, liesel actually goes as far as to tell rudy about hiding max. In the movie the hand painted mein kampf gets thrown into the river. And while it may seem like i thought the movie was complete rubbish, that is really only in comparison to the original text. With one eye open, one still in a dream, the book thiefalso known as liesel memingercould see without. The stranger turns out to be max vandenburg, a jewish man with a. She sees sketches of hitler conducting a crowd of people and another of a man and woman standing atop a pile of bodies beneath a swastika sun. Another major difference between the two mediums is that, in the book, liesels best. The story, narrated by death himself, follows a young girl as she arrives in a small town in germany to live with her new foster parents as ww2 looms. Study 12 terms book thief part 3 flashcards quizlet. There is no irony in the book thief, which gets its name for liesels penchant for borrowing books, first from the unknown gravedigger and later the burgermeisters wife. Differences between the book thief book vs movie page 1. The book thief is narrated by death yup, you heard that right who tells us the story of liesel meminger. Ilsa also encouraged a young liesel to start writing, even provided her with a blank book.
Both find refuge in the huberman home where they can articulate their fears and dreams to each other. Explain rudys reaction when he discovers that liesel is a book thief. The differences between the book thief book and the book. In the film, it was the blank book max had given liesel. First, liesel and rudy become best friends, insane or not, rudy was always destined to be liesels best friend. Death visits himmel street, but he doesnt take maxs struggling soul, and he doesnt see liesel. What is the impact of max in liesel s life and what is the importance of max as a character. The death narrates this story, describes main characters and gives us his own opinion about humans.
Our reading guide for the book thief by markus zusak includes a book club discussion. Compare and contrast the two stories max writes for liesel. May 17, 2018 the book thief by markus zusak is set in nazi germany in world war ii. In the next couple slides we will answer the questions how does max s life give liesel purpose. Oct 25, 2011 i read the book thief and am wondering what are some good compare and contrast points when looking at max and liesel. Liesel is nine years old, almost ten, at the start of the novel. What is the impact of max in liesels life and what is the importance of max as a character. In the movie of the book thief, she walks silently away. Differences between the book thief book vs movie page 3.
Sam liesel did not marry max, simply because a, max was too old for her, and b they had form a strong bond of friendship rather than romantic relationship. The novel ends when she is an old woman and death comes to collect her soul. The book thief by markus zusak is set in nazi germany in world war ii. Markus zusaks novel, the book thief, is full of literary techniques that lend. How does max vandenburgs life give liesel purpose in the. There are many conflicts in the book that lead back to. Not only does the book contain his new identity card, a map, and. Many teenagers will find the story too slow to get going, which is a fair criticism. Max opens his eyes twice but both times falls back into his coma. Meanwhile, the concentration camps linger unseen in the background of the book as the most extreme example of cruelty. Its january 1939, and ten year old liesel is traveling by train with her mother and her little brother werner. We will compare and contrast liesel and max, and we will explain the significence of the story the standover man you could argue. I read the book thief and am wondering what are some good compare and contrast points when looking at max and liesel. The overwhelming theme of words and their power is there in the film much like it is in the book, from liesels struggle to learn to read to maxs thoughts on books and writing.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In the book thief compare and contrast the lives of liesel. I made this video because i love the friendship between liesel and max in the book thief. Death visits himmel street, but he doesnt take max s struggling soul, and he doesnt see liesel. There are many conflicts in the book that lead back to liesel. The story essentially dramatizes the way liesel has used words to create a refuge for herself in the midst of nazism, and max was able to find shelter in her. Both are political refugees evading nazi persecution. And while it may seem like i thought the movie was complete rubbish, that is really only in comparison. Max vandenburg is a young jewish boy in the novel the book thief, written by markus zusak. Rudy sees maxs name written on one of liesels books and discovers the secret of max while he is still in the basement.
Maxliesel, pgish, written for katy the day he finds her again, its all he can do to keep from crying at the sight of her. He is a jew in hiding and she is a german girl struggling with the loss of her family, who were communists. Without ilsas library liesel would not have been labeled the book thief. Both stories reference max s persecution and his friendship with liesel. However, in the movie, liesel actually goes as far as to tell rudy about hiding max. Liesel, on the other hand, is a bit too young to grasp the intricacies of black comedy, which is why max never intended to show the sketches to her at this age, and the chapter ends when liesel hides from an awakening max the fact that she was reading the book and goes up the stairs thinking. Ilsa knew that liesel was stealing her books, yet she never confronted or told on her. Feb, 2014 the book thief has a number of elements that invite comparison with the fairytale genre in a fairytale, good and evil are clearly delineated as opposing forces. Jul 23, 2017 liesel, on the other hand, is a bit too young to grasp the intricacies of black comedy, which is why max never intended to show the sketches to her at this age, and the chapter ends when liesel hides from an awakening max the fact that she was reading the book and goes up the stairs thinking.
In the next couple slides we will answer the questions how does maxs life give liesel purpose. The book thief, by markus zusak, explores an array of themes, but none more meaningful than the power of language to heal and destroy. For max, simply surviving is an act of resistance against hitler. At the start of her story, liesel is without words and cannot read. Liesel is marked out because her father was a communist and max is marked out because he is a jew.
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