'Max and Liesel; How Max Plays an Important Role in Liesel’s Life\r'

'The idea of a Jewish male and a German girl becoming rock-steady acquaintances is an unimaginable, punishable thought in the time that The agree plunderer is written. However, slime Vandenburg and Liesel Meminger went against this abomination during this time and during their friendship gook Vandenburg gave many things to Liesel: purport by means of strength, purpose in k at a timeing that Jews are humans as well, and purpose in knowing the power of language. easy lay and Liesel are two similar but precise contrary characters in The Book Thief.\r\nThese two characters although conflicted take chances comfort in for each one other by seeing things in color and words, which gives Liesel a varied view on varying grown things in her manner, in Germany. By better understanding how scoopful and Liesel compare and differ in character a reader can determine how guck’s life gives Liesel purpose through making her stronger, present her the brutality of the Nazi ’s, and launching her the power of words. Liesel becomes stronger emotionally through having a share feeling of forsaking between Max and her from their past experiences.\r\nAfter she and Max Vandenburg share their nightmares in the basement of the Hubermann’s, Liesel begins to deal with her nightmares by herself and to non let them envelop her. Liesel alike make believes through these stories of Max’s experiences that if he can guard for his life everyday and live by rill then she can persevere through her nightmares and be stronger. By keeping some emotions inside her, the like fear and love, she helps adjust to relying on just herself which is shown in the ending of the al-Quran, â€Å"Hot tears fought for room in her eyes as she would non let them extinct. burst to stand resolute and proud” (Zusak 512).\r\nHaving strength also gave her a voice allowing her to stand up to assorted people and change people’s minds in very intricate ways. As Liesel became stronger it led her to devour more of a purpose in diverse ways and she finds new reasons to live. One of the most prominent of differences between the two characters is physical; Max is Jewish and Liesel is German. As the book is set during the time menstruation of World War II in Germany, the separation between the Jews and the Indo-European race is an outstanding factor in in people’s lives. Liesel overcame the sense of beingness hypnotized to the Furher’s words through Max and their friendship.\r\nBeginning to realize the brutality of the Nazi’s and the nature of the Jews, Liesel changes her mind about the Nazi government, allowing her to not be as easily swayed by the propaganda of the dictator of Germany. People begin to realize the innocence and the need of prejudice in a child curiously through Liesel as she grew older, â€Å"She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on a mans first night in Molching” (Zu sak 532). This gives Liesel purpose to show other Germans the same realization that two those of the Aryan Race and the Jewish people are human and they can share the same interests as each other.\r\n finished Max’s and Liesel’s shared love of books and writing Max gives Liesel the extensive knowledge of the power of words. For the rest of her life she cherishes this knowledge, â€Å"She was still memory onto the words who had saved her life” (Zusak 499). Words not only helped her and Max, but she found her true occupational group in comforting people through construe to them. â€Å"The Standover Man” and â€Å"The Word Shaker” allows Liesel to see the executionuate of words on her through someone else’s eyes as well as the accomplishment of her words on someone else. Max shows her that she similarly has made him stronger and he accepts several troubles in his life.\r\nThrough recognizing this it gives Liesel purpose and eventually l ed her to write a book on her own called â€Å"The Book Thief”. Soon after Max leaves the Hubermann household Liesel finds out the reason she steals books and why they mean so a great deal to her, giving her stealing a purpose as well. The knowledge of words from Max really contributes to Liesel’s purpose in life and allows Liesel to grow as a person by knowing the effect of words on people. Max gives Liesel a different outlook on different things in her life like her bad experiences, the German government, and words.\r\nLiesel becomes stronger as she begins to realize that compared to Max she is without struggle in her life. She sees that before she met Max Vandenburg she was devoted to the ways of the Nazi’s and now seeing what they have done to those like Max, she changes her ways. Also, the biggest thing Max has bestowed on Liesel is showing her the power of words; this gives Liesel true purpose in giving her the power to comfort and harm people through bot h reading and writing. The relationship between Max and Liesel is a great marvel in Markus Zusak’s, The Book Thief, and is a huge turning point in the book as well.\r\n'