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Mind Map by Matthew Petty, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Matthew Petty
about 10 years ago
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Themes
from the
Book Thief
- Death
- Almost everybody dies
- The narrator is Death
- The setting
is WWII and
mllions of
lives are
taken
- "A small but
noreworthy note.
I've seen so many
young men over the
years who think
they're running at
other young men.
They are not. They
are running at me. "
- There will be a
picture here
- Focus is put on the Holocaust
and the mass murder of Jews
- Almost everybody dies
- Relationships
- Liesel's relationship with
Rudy leads her throughout
the novel.
- Liesel's relationship
with her brother
alters her decisions.
- Liesel's relationship
with Max forms her
sympathy for Jews.
- The relationships that
Liesel has with the
people in Munich
shapes her reaction to
the bombing.
- "Liesel observed the
strangeness of her foster
father's eyes. They were
made of kindness, and
silver. […] Upon seeing
those eyes, understood
that Hans Hubermann was
worth a lot." (Chapter 6)
- Liesel's relationship with the
mayor's wife lets her read in her
libreary.
- Liesel's relationship with
Rudy leads her throughout
the novel.
- Secrets
- The secret of keeping Max has a huge
impact on the story.
- The secret of Rudy's
death being revealed has
a big impact in the novel.
- The secret Hans keeps about
not wanting to fight kept him
alive in both world wars.
- "If you tell anyone about that man…"
- The secrets Liesel keeps about how she
acquired her books effects her
relationships.
- Liesel's real mother keeps the secret of
sending Liesel to a foster family, which leads
her to the Hubermans.
- The secret of keeping Max has a huge
impact on the story.
- Courage
- Liesel's courage helps
her get her books
- "Look proud, he advised
himself. You cannot look
afraid. Read the book. Smile
at it. It's a great book – the
greatest book you've ever
read. Come on, Max, you're
only a few hours away."
- Max's courage has a part is
him and Liesel's relationship.
- The Hubermans
courage in taking Max
in has a big part in the
novel.
- Liesel's courage helps her to
get food and not be so hungry.
- It took a lot f courage for Max to
leave his home and go into hiding.
- Liesel's courage helps
her get her books
- Power of
words
- When Max has to stay in the
basement, Liesel describes the
outside world to him.
- The books Max writes for
Liesel impacts their
relationship.
- Liesel uses words as a refuge in
the midst of Nazism.
- Liesel uses words to calm the
people in the bomb cellar.
- "I have hated words and I have
loved them, and I hope I have
made them right."
- There will be a
picture here.
- When Max has to stay in the
basement, Liesel describes the
outside world to him.
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