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

The idea of a Judaic male and a German girl becoming good acquaintances is an unimaginable, punishable thought in the while that The Book Thief is written. However, soap Vandenburg and Liesel Meminger went against this abomination during this time and during their friendship pocket Vandenburg gave many things to Liesel subprogram by with(predicate) strength, purpose in knowing that Jews are humans as well, and purpose in knowing the situation of delivery. goo and Liesel are two similar but very different characters in The Book Thief.These two characters although conflicted find comfort in each other through seeing things in color and actors line, which gives Liesel a different hear on varying prominent things in her liveness, in Germany. By go understanding how Max and Liesel compare and differ in character a reader can determine how Maxs aliveness gives Liesel purpose through making her stronger, showing her the barbarism of the Nazis, and showing her the indicato r of words. Liesel becomes stronger emotionally through having a assignd feeling of abandonment between Max and her from their past experiences.After she and Max Vandenburg share their nightmares in the basement of the Hubermanns, Liesel ranges to deal with her nightmares by herself and to non let them envelop her. Liesel also realizes through these stories of Maxs experiences that if he can fight for his life popular and live by running then she can persevere through her nightmares and be stronger. By keeping some emotions inside her, like vexation and love, she helps adjust to relying on just herself which is shown in the ending of the book, Hot weeping fought for room in her eyes as she would not let them out. break-dance to stand resolute and proud (Zusak 512).Having strength also gave her a vox allowing her to stand up to different people and change peoples minds in very intricate ways. As Liesel became stronger it led her to have more than of a purpose in different w ays and she finds new reasons to live. sensation 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 period of World contend II in Germany, the separation between the Jews and the Indo-European race is an large factor in peoples lives. Liesel overcame the sense of being fascinated to the Furhers words through Max and their friendship.Beginning to realize the brutality of the Nazis 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 lack of prejudice in a baby especially through Liesel as she grew older, She was a Jew feeder without a enquire in the world on a mans first night in Molching (Zusak 532). This gives Liesel purpose to show other Germans the same realization that both those of the Aryan Race and the Jewish people are h uman and they can share the same interests as each other.Through Maxs and Liesels shared love of books and writing Max gives Liesel the extensive experience of the power of words. For the rest of her life she cherishes this knowledge, She was still holding onto the words who had saved her life (Zusak 499). backchats not only helped her and Max, but she found her true craft in comforting people through reading to them. The Standover Man and The Word Shaker allows Liesel to see the emergences of words on her through soul elses eyes as well as the effect of her words on someone else. Max shows her that she too has made him stronger and he accepts some(prenominal) troubles in his life.Through recognizing this it gives Liesel purpose and eventually led her to write a book on her own called The Book Thief. Soon after Max leaves the Hubermann household Liesel finds out the reason she steals books and why they mean so much to her, giving her stealing a purpose as well. The knowledge o f words from Max really contributes to Liesels 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.Liesel 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 Nazis and now seeing what they have make 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 defame people through both reading and writing. The relationship between Max and Liesel is a great marvel in Markus Zusaks, The Book Thief, and is a wide turning point in the book as well.