Book Thief Christmas Theme

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If you had a Christmas with no toys, money, or even happiness and hope, would you consider that a good Christmas? In The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, there are many powerful scenes that help build the story and create the theme of the story. In depressing, sad times like the holocaust, everyone could use some happiness in their lives. The scene in The Book Thief that is the most important is when Liesel and the Hubermann’s built a snowman in the basement with Max.

Max, a jew living in the Hubermann’s basement, has barely been outside for years. Liesel always tries to make Max happy and brings parts of the outside to him. On Christmas, Liesel and Hans brought snow to Max and then Rosa later joined in for a snowball fight.