The characters in a story. They are hard to bring to life, yet a story would be incomplete without them. I love to write, and I often don’t have troubles creating my characters. But what makes every character stand out is that special thing about each and every one of them. That’s one thing that I loved about “The Book Thief,” by Markus Zusak. Each and every one of the characters in “The Book Thief” were different in personality and I made different memories with each and every one of them. The one character that I spent a good deal of time with was Rosa Hubermann, Liesel Meminger’s foster mother. Out of all the character, Rosa was the one that I was most frustrated with. Even with all those moments I laughed at, I was still frustrated with Rosa’s actions and behaviours. To begin, Rosa has a very aggressive personality. She was narrated by Death as “the woman with the iron fist” (Zusak, 36). She also treated Liesel poorly, yelling at her, making her clean the spit at the doorway and setting strict rules for Liesel. Some could call that discipline, but I think Rosa could have done that in a friendlier manner. Rosa …show more content…
Her voice was surprisingly calm and caring.” (Zusak, 96) “She possessed the unique ability to aggravate at almost anyone she met. But she did love Liesel Meminger.” (Zusak, 35) These excerpts from the book show that Rosa (called Mama by Liesel) does really care for Liesel, as she was showing her soft side. But even nice people can get frustrated at times, but Rosa seemed to have more anger in her than care. A good example of this would be, “What was that, Saumensch?” (Zusak, 70) This term appears a lot in the book since “Saumensch” is what Rosa likes to call Liesel. This term was what bugged me the most since “Saumensch” is not a nice thing to call someone, as it is an insult to a woman. The male translation would be “Saukerl.” Death, the narrator, explains to us that “sau” means
In the book, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Rosa shows that she is a very helpful person. Rosa was a very sweet girl who just so happened to be in Jessica's math class, even though she was a freshman and Jessica was a Jr. Rosa is a brilliant girl and she loved math and helping Jessica with it. “Hey!” Rosa calls,…… I hobble in and sit in a chair near her.
No, because she stole her first book because that is the last that reminded her of her brother, therefor she wouldn't have started up the habit of stealing more books. 3. One of Rosa customer is the Mayor’s wife. One day she invited Liesel into her house but then
Prompt #1 From the passage in chapter eleven, there are a lot of examples of symbolism that contribute to Lily and Zach’s relationship. The quote “Sometimes I would feel like I was hooked on the chain with them.” is a good example that resembles how Lily felt with the fish attached to her (Kidd 230). When those boys tied the living fish to Lily, she was completely freaked out and scared. When Zach explains how he knows what it is like to be hooked on a chain, it symbolizes his feelings towards Lily that she was not alone.
Her whole family was deported to other concentration camps and killed in the gas chambers. After living in Auschwitz for 2 years, she was working in a clothing supply section of the camp when she was approached by Noah Zabldowicz, a member of the Jewish underground operating. Noah told Rosa that they must stage an uprising and plans to blow
He stated how he always wanted to see his mother and used to daydream of a large family, with a huge banquet waiting in his honor. After living in the orphanage, he was sent to the foster home of Mrs. Tate in Cleveland. In this foster home, he suffered some very unpleasant things. He suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a babysitter, who forced him to perform sexual favors for her. According to Lopez, Rosa
Lily has the strongest relationship with Rosaleen, in which she describes her: She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin. She lived alone in a little house tucked back in the woods, not so far from us, and came every day to cook, clean, and be my stand-in mother. Rosaleen have never had a child herself, so for the last ten years I’d been her guinea pig. (Kidd 2)
It was hard for Rosa mother to find jobs. Rosa began stealing and shoplifting to get the things she needs. At the age of Thirteen, Rosa became pregnant (Dash, Leon, 1996). After Rosa’s father died, she did not have a good relationship with her mother. Rosa’s mother had begun abusing her.
In the book The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, we are introduced to the protagonist; Jessica, who loses one of her legs in a bus accident. While Jessica is in a wheelchair for a short period of time, she is placed to sit next to Rosa, the “special-needs girl who sits at the back of the classroom”. As the book develops, Jessica realizes that Rosa is so much more. Rosa is accepting, optimistic, ingenious, and philanthropic. Their friendship impacts Jessica’s acceptance of her own disability.
Rosa is a woman with wisdom, honesty, self-control, confidence, and
In the The BookThief, by Markus Zusaks, the character Rosa Hubbermann appears as a cold-hearted, overbearing character, yet as the story develops Rosa begins to evolve into a loving and compassionate character. Rosa shows her strictness by the constant demands she puts on Liesel, but she is actually caring for Liesel by being strict. Rosa wants the best for Liesel and believes that being tough on her will help her be stronger later in life. For example, Rosa and Liesel are dropping off the wash for all of the customers and Rosa makes Liesel drop off the wash at the worst house: " What?
It was as if she was nothing to them, like if she was an object. The theme in this story was you will always be the person others perceive you as. Throughout the story Rosaura was used as a pet by Señora Ines, like the magician with the monkey. Rosaura’s mother knew they were ignorant rich people, so she tried protecting her. Señora Ines was just trying to pay for what she did, but in her mother’s perspective she took it as if Señora Ines thought they were in need of
Growing as a Character Every event in our lives happens for a reason, whether it is to learn from our mistakes or to gain experience from them. In Markus Zusak's novel “The Book Thief,” Liesel Meminger uses her experiences with living in the 1940s to learn life lessons and experience first hand the many terrible things Hitler is doing to people around her. She learns how to deal with the many obstacles that are thrown at her. Liesel grows as a character by following her step-father’s footsteps in being a kind and generous person, going through childhood with her best friend Rudy, and being aware of what is going on around her by learning from Max.
‘That [Death] in a way was a metaphor for the idea that this book is about people doing beautiful things in a really ugly time.’ (Zusak, 2010) One of the central themes presented in The Book Thief is the idea of family. It is evident in the text that the idea of a family is not just limited to those in which we are inherently connected; it encompasses those we care for. Her arrival on Himmel Street, leaves Liesel struggling to face the abandonment she has experienced with her mother leaving her for a reason she does not understand and the devastating loss of her brother, Werner, whose ghost haunts her throughout the novel.
The Book Thief, directed by Brian Percival, is a film adaptation of a book by Mark Zusak centred around adolescent girl Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nelisse). Set in Germany during the early-mid 1940’s, leading up to the war, Liesel is sent away from her family to live with foster parents since she is at risk of being killed due as her parents are communists. Percival uses skilfully chosen aural and visual elements as well as cinematic techniques such as lighting and camera angles to communicate and explore the central theme to the audience: the power of human spirit, especially when dealing with adversity. Percival designs the aural elements in the scenes that make up the film The Book Thief to communicate and allow the audience to explore the power of the human spirit when dealing with adversity. Percival does this by using the aforementioned techniques to create juxtapositions, contrasting the power of the human spirit against adversity.