The Book Thief and To Kill a Mocking Bird

Introduction

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a novel of cruelty, poverty, and hope. Liesel Meminger is a young girl who has been placed in foster care by her mother. Liesel's brother dies en route to their new home and this leaves Liesel traumatized, causing her to have terrible nightmares in the middle of the night. Liesel's foster father begins teaching her to read on these nights to distract her from her pain. Liesel learns to turn to books for comfort. When the war begins, comfort becomes a rare state of mind, so Liesel finds ways to seek it out. Liesel begins to steal books in her efforts to deal with the cruelty of the world around her. The Book Thief is a complicated story of survival that will encourage its readers to think and to be amazed at how resilient the human spirit really is.

To Kill A Mockingbird' is a superlative novel. It is an autobiographical book, in which Harper Lee plays Scout Finch, an innocent young girl, liveswith her brother Jem, in a small American town. They are used to facing the evil comes in many shapes, and they have learnt to recognize it, and understand how people behave.

Thesis Statement

Beauty of nature can actually help you fight the difficulties and dilemmas that you face in life.

Discussion

Character Analysis of Liesel Meminger - The Book Thief

Liesel Meminger is a young German girl whose mother has given her up to the foster parent system because she can no longer care for her. Liesel does not know why her mother cannot care for her, but remembers certain incidents in her childhood that point to the idea that her father may have been a Communist in a time when political beliefs other than Hitler's were severely punished. Liesel is supposed to go into foster care with her brother. However, Liesel's brother dies on the train ride to Munich. Liesel is placed with an older couple. The man, Hans, is very kind to Liesel and often sits up with her in the middle of the night when she has nightmares about her brother's death. During these nights, Hans teaches Liesel how to read. Rosa, her foster mother, is a strong, angry woman who calls Liesel terrible names (Zusak, 584). However, as Liesel gets to know Rosa, she learns that this language is only a hard shell to hide the soft heart inside. Liesel comes to love both Hans and Rosa, calling them momma and papa from the very beginning. Liesel's life is as normal as can be expected during the turbulent years of World War II. Liesel goes to school, makes friends, and plays soccer. In the afternoons, Liesel is expected to help Rosa collect and deliver the laundry she washes for extra money. During this time Liesel meets the mayor's wife, Ilsa Hermann, and discovers her magnificent library. Liesel often spends her afternoons reading in the library until the recession of the war ...