The Book Thief Family Analysis

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The author Markus Zusak does an amazing job at writing the novel The Book Thief. Zusak used many different unique elements when creating his work. In the novel what stuck out personally was how important family was. Through all the tragic events in each individual character life they do not lose their faith in family and the important values that come with unity of family. There are a few symbols that connect to the meaning and security of the theme of family in The Book Thief. These things are Hans accordion, the power of words, and the basement. Each of the symbols are significant in the role they play in the family structure because they help connect to the underlying elements that make the family. Zusak does this by bringing each character closer together through the symbols stated.
Liesel loses her biological family early in the book. In the beginning Liesel, her mother, and her little brother were on their way to a town in Munich, Germany called Molching. …show more content…
Liesel first describes the weather to Max saying “The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it’s stretched out, like a rope” (Zusak, 249). Since Max was no physical contact with the outside world, Liesel tries to substitute with her words of what it is like, which he appreciates. Before Max leaves the Hubermann home he leaves Liesel a gift. The gift that he leaves is a book that he wrote called the The Word Shaker, which he writes for Liesel. When Max becomes sick words help build the love between Liesel and him. After Max wakes up from his sickness, he is afraid to go back to sleep and Liesel reads to him, the novel says “He sat in bed and absorbed the words” (334). Liesel becomes takes upon the role of Max’s caretaker to some extent, yet again you can see role of words being symbolized. Liesel often reads to him while he is ill. She uses books/words as a way to comfort

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