Its just for a short time, but she does get confirmation that hes alive, even if he is being sent to a concentration camp. There are some moving moments in the book, a good use of irony and an unusual narrative. Dec 8, 2015 this board describes the genre and the content of the award winning novel the book thief by markus zusak. Personally, id like to believe she and max got married although zusak. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. The book and movie finish with liesel and max being reunited, then. In this case, though, in my own mind, i have at least four reasons why max and liesel dont get married, and i honestly believe its more romantic that they dont. In the book thief how is the relationship between liesel. On one hand and this is the copout answer its purely up to the reader, just as characters in every book live on beyond the pages. Once a reluctant soldier during world war i, he is a house painter and accordionist. Get an answer for do liesel and max get married at the end of the book thief. After the war, though, he and liesel are reunited once more. Because a doctor cant be called, for obvious reasons, liesel resorts to the only remedies she knows. Liesels neighbour, rudy, has bony legs, blue eyes, lemon.
She asked how he had it, and death explained that when. The book ends, when death came to collect liesels soul. The times liesel meminger fell onto max vandenburgs bed. Papas gentle reaction to liesels nightmares and bedwetting incident. He taunts liesel for not being able to read, and liesel beats him up. Therefore, the author intentionally did not write this clearly and he forced us to guess. In the book, we see that rudy has a crush on liesel from the moment they. Max vandenburg is a young jewish man who changes the hubermanns lives. In this case, though, in my own mind, i have at least four reasons why max and liesel dont get married, and i honestly. Jun 27, 2015 i made this video because i love the friendship between liesel and max in the book thief. I think the author knew everyone will hope liesel to get married with max. A stunning tale of adolescence in nazi germany, the book thief follows the life of liesel meminger as she grows up in the home of her adoptive parents.
Apr 26, 2012 liesels reaction to seeing max march through the streets en route to dachau. From the moment when max became friends with liesel i hoped they would get married in the future. Apr 12, 2020 inspired by the line the colder he got, the more he melted in the book thief about max vandenburg, and the book thief in general. Would her mother of been proud of max as a love match. Max vandenburg is the jewish man who hides in the hubermanns basement. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by markus zusak and adapted by michael petroni.
Liesels purpose contrast liesel s purpose max liesel comparison max is an inspiration max writes stories for liesel has a friend 247 learned from each other max gives liesel courage liesel relates to max both went through similar life look out for each other shows her the real. I am curious as to if liesel ended up marrying max in the end, because the author didnt really explain what happened to max nor did he name the person liesel married. It is nice to think that liesel meminger married max. Interviews with the book thief movie hitting theaters this weekend, markus zusaks beloved novel is very much in the zeitgeist and i was lucky enough to hear markus speak about his book and the film twice last week, both at a signing and at a press roundtable with the films. Liesel memingermax vandenburg works archive of our own. She got married, had children, and even grandchildren. Get an answer for in the book thief how is the relationship between liesel and rudy like family, lovers, strangers, and enemies.
Im sure if she married any of the characters in the book that death would have mentioned it. First, in many ways i felt that the book is about liesels different kind of loves for hans, for rosa, for rudy and max, and for books and living in general. Apr 20, 2010 yes, max and liesel do end up together. When i came to retrieve his soul no one was there just max, liesel. Taking place in wwii, with characters liesel and max from the book thief by markus zusak.
Cant remember much about this alex kid but the way zusak, or death, described it, i think it was someone who wasnt in the book. He is injured at the book burning, and liesel helps him get away from the crowd, then apologizes for attacking him. Every other chapter is a flashback, so if youre not partial to the idea of max and liesel getting married sometime after the war which i completely understand, feel free to read every second chapter, as they start immediately after they hugged and cried and fell to the floor. I still assume max, simply because no other options really exist. In the book, liesel starts to steal books and feels bad for stealing them because she knows it is wrong.
The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive german family during the nazi era. Finally rosa makes liesel go out and play soccer to take a break. In the book thief did liesel marry max vandenburgh answers. Max had saved liesels life in more ways than he would ever know. The main characters are the teenage protagonist liesel meminger, her friend max vandenburg, and the narrator death. 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. I made this video because i love the friendship between liesel and max in the book thief. Forums the book thief forum who do you think liesel married. Once the war was finished, and the bombings were done, max and liesel met up in alex steiners tailor shop. Hans fears both his death and the consequences if they get caught. In the book, we see that rudy has a crush on liesel from the moment they first meet, and as the story progresses, liesel starts liking him back as well, but does not say it, positively avoiding it. Death visits himmel street, but he doesnt take maxs struggling soul, and he doesnt see liesel. The relationship of max and liesel by sharon lu on prezi. His father saved hanss life during world war i, and later hans tries to save maxs life, which puts the hubermanns lives in great jeopardy.
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I think max saw liesel as a pure, innocent figure and this helped cleanse him and give him hope in the world. As the war progresses, max who teaches liesel to resist hate, even as the regimen closes in realizes that hes putting all of them in danger. In the epilogue of the book thief it says that liesel. In the book thief, how does max vandenburgs life give. There are many examples of guilt showed in the book thief, liesel showed quite a bit of that selfconflict. Max vandenberg came looking for liesel one day, and they were finally reunited after world war ii. This is my fan fiction that tells a story through the letters that liesel and max write to each other while being apart. They both have nightmares about their pasts, and they both see hans hubermann and his. Everyone else has their own take, but i have several reasons why like, cause some people at the end of the book want liesel and max to get married and so on, and ive got at least four reasons, personally, why they dont, but that doesnt make me right. Liesels purpose contrast liesels purpose max liesel comparison max is an inspiration max writes stories for liesel has a friend 247 learned from each other max gives liesel courage liesel relates to max both went through similar life look out for each other shows her the real. She lives at 8 grande strasse and gets to know liesel because rosa does the mayors washing and ironing. I have to agree with liesel when she says that the world doesnt deserve them, because after finishing the book it truly didnt. Taught to read by her kindhearted foster father, the girl begins borrowing. Liesel sits and talks to max, but he keeps sleeping for days.
He is the one who warms the readers heart in a novel. Liesel is shown the true stakes of the war when her father hides a young jewish man in thier basement. The times liesel meminger fell onto max vandenburgs bed, a. Liesel is traumatized by her brothers death, but hans proves to be a calming foster father. On the eight day i have seen him myself in terrible condition. 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. Markus zusak on the book thief november 7, 20 posted in. Liesels reaction to seeing max march through the streets en route to dachau. He was always there for her and despite the very daunting age difference, it feels right to me that they would still be together, reminiscing.
The book is about an abandoned child that wants to grow up to be a priest. Max and liesel are alike in many ways, one of which is the reoccurrence of. Max was sleep in the bed for 8 more days liesel was worried and so was rosa. Which is definitely not one of the easiest things in life to do. Whom did liesel meminger love in the book thief novel. But me, death, was not there to feel bad i was only there to do my job. Rudy went into the water to get it after vc threw it in. Liesels foster father and husband of rosa, hans was a veteran of world war i.
His father saved hanss life during world war i, and later hans tries to save max s life, which puts the hubermanns lives in great jeopardy. She steals this book during the period that max is sick. Her husband was taken away for being a communist and paula awaits the same fate. However, max was, from the beginning, an incredibly interesting person for. Do liesel and max get married at the end of the book thief. Among them,lit like lanterns,were hans and rosa huberman,her brother and the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever. First, in many ways i felt that the book is about liesels different kind of loves for hans, for. As much as id hoped it would be max, i dont think it was. Aug 31, 2015 the book thief was magically brought to life by 20th century fox. It would really defile the purity of their relationship. Liesel does get married but the mans identity is not mentioned. For liesel, the main character in the book thief by markus zusak, the answer to both of those questions is hans hubermann, her foster father. He had been ready to end it all at times, but then shed go and do something so wonderful, like walk down the stairs with a snowman in her hands and an impish look on her face.
He was more grateful to her than anything, it was hardly romantic. There are many conflicts in the book that lead back to. Although it does say she gets married and has children, max is not mentioned, so we can conclude that liesel. Despite your excitement, yes, liesel does marry max when shes older. Its january 1939, and ten year old liesel is traveling by train with her mother and her little brother werner. She is 9 years old at the beginning of the story, when after the death of her brother she is taken in by the hubermann family. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. The times liesel meminger fell onto max vandenburgs bed, and the one time she pulled him onto hers she saved him, all those years ago, in the hubermanns basement. He describes this fantasy to liesel, and together hans, rosa, liesel and max. It is nice to think that liesel meminger married max vandenburg in the end. You can assume they did or assume they didnt, but allinall. You would expect death to mention this, but instead he leaves us pondering about it. Rebellious in nature, liesel feeds her hunger for stories by stealing books from book burnings.
First, in many ways i felt that the book is about liesels. And liesel did the same, too, by just being herself. The book thief centers around the life of liesel meminger, a nineyearold girl living in. Instant downloads of all 1296 litchart pdfs including the book thief. Death visits himmel street, but he doesnt take max s struggling soul, and he doesnt see liesel. And then theres max vandenburg, the jewish man hiding from the nazis, who commits an ultimate act of figurative book thievery.
In her mind, stealing the books is worth it because she wants them so desperately. In markus zusaks book, the book thief, liesel has to face many obstacles in order to see that she just. The book thief is narrated by death yup, you heard that right who tells us the story of liesel meminger. Mar 21, 20 in this case, though, in my own mind, i have at least four reasons why max and liesel dont get married, and i honestly believe its more romantic that they dont. Many of the people living in molching believe that frau hermann is insane. The book thief was, without a doubt, an emotional and captivating read. 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. Primary characters liesel meminger is the book thief. The reality is that she is depressed over her sons death in. Notably that of liesel and papa, liesel and rudy, liesel and max. She and rudys father were the only ones from himmel street that survived, and the book doesnt go on to explain much of her life afterwards, but it does throw in that max comes back. Rudy went into the water to get it after vc threw it. The book thief cliffsnotes study guides book summaries.
After everything that they have both gone through, they do meet again. When liesel drops her newly completed memoir, the book thief, after learning that all those she knows and loves on himmel street have died from bomb blasts, death steals the book from a trash truck. The book thief is at turns heartbreaking and joyful, and acting vets rush and watson are wonderful as a. Zusak has commented on marriage between liesel and max in a facebook post, still, like i said, for me and it is only my opinion, max and liesel do stay together, but not necessarily in the way some people thinkbut of course, im still more than happy for readers to believe. Death says that she does get married but it doesnt say to whom. I do not own any of the movie clips, all rights go to fox and markus zusak. In the book thief, how does max vandenburgs life give liesel. And oh how i wish liesel wouldve kissed rudy before he died. When she was introduced to max the reader sees her soft side. Her family is hiding max, a jew, in the middle of world war 2. Liesel character since the beginning of time, people have used bravery to continue fighting in order to overcome the hardest things in life. Aug 19, 2011 her family is hiding max, a jew, in the middle of world war 2.
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