Intro
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief is set in Nazi Germany 1939. Throughout the novel there are many references to the power of words towards the Nazi ideology. He does this by using language features such as metaphors and symbolism to show how to challenge our view of the citizens of Nazi Germany. They lived in our society like our own but were indoctrinated by the figureheads of their nation to their own beliefs. This was done by the sheer power that words can contain, and how a few swayed a whole nation.

Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief shows us how vulnerable our society can be in colluding to atrocities by reframing. This is done by reshowing events of the Holocaust in the middle of the 20th century in a new light. Characteristics of some characters are used to give us a deeper insight into the true reality of the citizens of Nazi Germany and how they were not all bad people and that they were much like us, only they were suppressed from voicing their opinions or creating a argument.

Purpose of the Book
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief shows the idea of how vulnerable society can be in colluding to atrocities by reframing and reseeing the events of the Holocaust in the middle of the 20th century. It is written in the genre of magical realism which helps the reader see something familiar in a new light.
Characters such as Death, Rudy, Hans and an old painter show how a society like thiers is much like our own. It also gives us get a deeper understanding of life in Nazi Germany and how most of the German population were not bad people but were manipulated by Nazi society. This also shows how vulnerable society like ours are to this.

Analyse how one or more characters increased your understanding of setting

The character of Rudy shows us the nature of

How could she walk? How could she move? That’s the sort of thing I’ll never know, or comprehend

Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief shows us that many German citizens during the Nazi rein by showing were not evil people as preconceptions might tell us but rarther normal human beings. This is shown through many characters throughout the book. “Trust was accumulated quickly due primally to the brute strength of the man’s gentleness“. The oxymoron of brute strength and gentleness highlights Hans’s kindness towards their newly adopted daughter in which they gain trust for one another. We see selflessness that Hans shows when we find out that the adopted child is from a communist father who was taken by the Nazis as they do not “fit” in the nazi society. This puts Hans in a dangerous situation by keeping a child with this “blood” as if the Nazis found out he was hosting her he could face serious charges and perhaps death. This shows Hans’s selflessness by risking his lifestyle and what little resources he has to help a girl who may otherwise be doomed. This shows us that there indeed compassionate people in Nazi Germany.

Hans does not give up or alter his morals as many other German citizens did in Nazi Germany through fear. He did not hate Jews. This shows that not all Germans were bad but were suppressed so most were forced to

Somewhere far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.

I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sandcastles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate

I am Haunted by Human

The novel continues to show us the normality“I was being Jesse Owens.” He answered as though it was the most natural thing on earth to be doing” Rudy’s naiveness to the Nazis hatred towards “blacks” shows us. This further shows us that not all germans

Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief shows us that not everyone carries the harsh Nazi views in Nazi Germany by showing us a kid who dresses up as his hero. “I was being Jesse Owens.” He answered as though it was the most natural thing on earth to be doing”
Rudy dresses up as Jessie Owens by painting himself black when he goes for a run and he does it without the knowledge of the danger of he’s putting himself in.
This is dangerous in a society such as Nazi Germany because to them black people of a lower class and in many cases were taken away.
Rudy’s nativity to this fact shows us that although they are ruthlessly taught the Nazi ideology throughout school, it doesn’t stop him dressing up as his favourite hero who doesn’t fit there society. Rudy’s friends know that its dangerous and are struck by fear when they realise what he is doing because they know what he is doing is insulting in the eyes of the Nazis. Although they don’t say it allowed

Conclusion
Zusak has shown through the novel how the citizens within Nazi Germany were indoctrinated into their beliefs and were forced into the suspension of their own beliefs. This was done by the extensive control the government had over media, products and leaders. However, comparing our society to Nazi Germany we can see many similarities.

Explain how our society is much like Nazi Germany and ho we are also vulnerable, Use examples such as social media for how we are being manipulated, Explain how Zusack was successful by using the genre of magical realism by deaths god view

Kommuisten… A single word leaned against the girl

I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result

There is Death… On the surface: Unflappable, Unwavering. Below: Unnerved, untied and undone.