LITERATURE ANALYSIS QUESTIONS

My book was called The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

1. The story is about a girl named Liesel Meminger. When Liesel and her younger brother were heading to their new foster home her brother dies on the he train on the way. The story is set during Nazi times and as the story continues Liesel's foster parents hide a Jew named Mac their basement. Hans Liesel's foster dad had taught her how to read. Discovering her love for books Liesel starts stealing books. As the story continues things progress like Max had left their basement and got sent to a concentration camp and where she lived got bombed.
2. A major theme in my novel was literacy and power. Liesel loves to read she even went as far as to writing her own book. But, do to the story being set during the Nazi times all books were burned as a campaign so Liesel had to hide the fact that she owned books.
3. To e right at he beginning of the novel the author seems to be mysterious. For example, in the book there's a part where he the narrator said that he will be stand over you. Which to me seems like he''s waiting for something to happen. I also like to imagine that the author likes to drink coffee in the morning. Coffee is at times bitter and because of that in the part where Liesel and her mother are with her brother that had just died on of the guards was already loosing his patience and he looked mad. finally, I like to imagine that the author does yoga to clear his mind and be at peace. In the book when Death is ready to take away a soul he says he carried it away as gently as possible.
4. One literary technique I saw was right in the beginning. It was foreshadowing. because in the beginning the narrator Death was saying three colors and those represent the times he gets to see Liesel. A second literary technique I saw in the novel was personification. Now in the novel the narrator itself Death is a personification. Now int he book it doesn't specify that Death is a personification but it is because Death is not a person, but a concept. A third literary technique I found was a simile. You ca find this one when Liesel joins her foster mother in picking up dirty laundry. When they get to the mayor's the mayor's wife opens the door and the author states "A women with startled eyes, hair like fluff, and the posture of defeat." A fourth literary technique I found was hyperbole. in the book dying is one of the worst things to happen but the narrator Death says surviving is way worse because you're alive but are grieving for lost ones. A fifth and final literary technique that I found was symbolism. In the book Liesel's foster dad Hans plays the accordion and this means comfort for Liesel. the accordion is also part of Hans's identity because he got the accordion from Max's dad in the first world war.