Examples Of Figurative Language In Night By Liesel

The death of Liesels brother affected her and caused her to be shy and not want to try and be happy again. This event is one of many events that show how death has affected Liesel as a person.

Liesel was caught up in one of the most stressful periods in modern times as she lived during the rise of Nazi Germany. Liesel is one of the few Germans who are not supporters of Hitler. Liesel also lost her brother at the age of ten, and she is forced to live with a foster family: “Still in disbelief, she started to dig. He couldn't be dead. He couldn't be dead.

This shows how her character has evolved from a reclusive girl who wants no help to a girl who needs help in sad times. Another time when this theme is displayed is when death says, “He climbed in feet first not knowing this may be the last time he may ever step foot in this house, he briefly looked back he saw Leisel coming down the stairs with food and blankets”(328 Suzak). This just comes to show what Leisel is doing for her friends, even though she could get hung and killed she is still risking her life to save them. This proves how loyal she is to her friends to not let anything happen to them during times of change. Leisel is not the only one who does things to help her friends Rudy helps Leisel a lot too this is shown when Death tells us, “He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book.

Liesel has realized she must respect the man who was the reason for her and her entire families suffering. She has realized she officially has lost her home, that she is completely isolated from the community. “It was quite a sight seeing an eleven year old girl try not to cry on church steps, saluting fuhrer”(Zusak 115). After losing all of these emotionally wrecking things Liesel learns and understands she needs to keep going forward. She refuses to give up she although times are rough manages to think, it could be worse.

Liesel feels a sense of sorrow and grief for them as they walk by her and her papa. All Liesel wishes she could do is for them to know that she feels so much sorrow and pain for them. Hans is around when he sees a man fall; he gives him a piece of bread when both him and the old man are whipped. “She had seen a Jewish man who had twice given her the most beautiful pages of her life marched to a concentration camp.” (Zusak 350)

She came to realize the amount of power and impact her words had on others when she read to everyone in the bomb shelter and she was able to calm all the trembling humans. Words have amazing abilities to bring optimism to some or damage things around oneself. Shortly after her arrival to Himmel Street the book burning occurred, she watched thousands of books and words being burned only because Hitler did not agree with what they were focused on or who wrote them. At the book burning, Liesel learned that her mother was a communist, and then on further Liesel hated Hitler because she saw all the words being burned and realized that it was Hitler who took her mother away and destroyed her biological

Liesel asks if she has ever read The Last Human Stranger, and Ilsa says that it’s “not bad.” With this Liesel tries to find something else to talk about, but Ilsa tells her that she should go, saying “He’s waiting for you.” This is because she can see Rudy’s hair through the window. This is the last time Liesel comes into the house before being taken in by the Hermanns, therefore it’s the last time that she comes into the house as a

- Liesel, knowing the outcome of running through a stream of Jews, wanted to find Max and see him for the last time before he would disappear for years. She wanted to see him and thank him for everything he 's done for her; the stories, the fun times they 've had. She willingly put herself in a bad situation because she loves him, and she knows that he loves her too. She knew that if Max saw her, it would make him the happiest

When Liesel’s brother dies (Chapter 2), we see Liesel struggling to move on. Left at the doorsteps of Hans and Rosa Hubermann with no familiar faces to follow, she refuses to bathe. She has persistent nightmares, and it seems that she can not push past this grief. But in spite of her circumstances, she perseveres. She uses her ever-growing imagination (and the

Liesel’s everyday routines were far more uneventful than Elie’s, in that she went to school with Rudy, came home, then read or spent time with with Max. She witnessed her brother’s unfortunate death at an extremely young age. “... they [Liesel and her brother] would soon be given over to foster parents. We now know, of course, that the boy didn’t make

At the beginning of the book, Liesel's relationship with words is a fearful one, she cannot harmonise with the words as she feels they are working against her. When Liesel starts school, she attempts to read a passage in front of her class. The reading quickly becomes unsuccessful as she looks at the book and reports that "the sentences blurred"(77), and that "she couldn't even see the words anymore"(77). During this reading, the words take power over Liesel in a humiliating and degrading way as she fights for control. Liesel's gained life experience is then shown as she starts to wield the words in a way that gives her the ability to help others through hardships.

Knowing that Hitler was the cause of her mothers passing, makes Liesel “feel the slush of anger, stirring hotly in her stomach” (Zusak 78) which makes her publicly announce that she “hate[s] the Fuhrer” (Zusak 78). By acting on her profound hatred for the Fuhrer, Liesel defies the widespread respect of Hitler and the Nazi party as a whole. Naturally, Hans reacts negatively to Liesel’s declaration and even slaps her, not because he disagrees with her, but because he doesn’t want her to outwardly state her dislike for the societal norms of Nazi Germany. On the other hand, Liesel does not actually believe that she is incorrect for what she said because she knows Hitler’s doings are wrong and she believes her acts of rebellion were right in her eyes. All in all, the death of Liesel's mother causes her to develop a newfound hatred for Hitler and lead to her public outburst of

Also, when Mama was depressed about Papa going to war, Mama would sleep with Papa’s accordion Liesel acknowledged “that there was great beauty in what she was currently witnessing, and she chose not to disturb it” (Zusak, 429). Finally, when Liesel’s papa gave a Jew bread during the parade and what Liesel did during the parade, she gave Jews bread by placing them in the street. How the author characterized Liesel

Liesel and her father’s relationship grows each and every day they are together. She feels comforted by his presence. “Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father’s eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver… Upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hans Hubermann was worth a lot,” (Zusak Ch 6).

At first, Liesel is illiterate, but when she steals her first book at her brother’s funeral, and is abandoned by her mother, she turns to something she