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Disparity Quotes From The Book Thief

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A time of great disparity, Nazi Germany 1933. Life during this time period was either living on top of the world or being the dirt everyone walks on. Jews vs. the Nazis had become an everyday sight in Germany. These characters show all different types of lives during this time period and show exactly what it would be like. The novel, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is based on a time of disparity between Germans and Jews that sent a country into war. During this time period, these two groups of people were being ruled by Hitler, who made the life of a Jew miserable. Throughout the book, you learn how Jews are treated by the Nazis, and how they are viewed by the Germans. Many characters …show more content…

Jews like Max at this time in the novel went through extremely rough events just because they were Jewish. In the novel you get to see and understand how Jews were not only treated but also how they were viewed. You also get to see that even if you didn’t agree with the statements of Hitler you had to act like you did or you get punished and viewed like a criminal and Hans was one of those people. “Being a Jew in these times means being a criminal. There is no move a Jew in Nazi Germany can make that isn’t considered a crime.” This quote is emphasizing how the life of a Jew was during this time throughout the novel. No matter what these Jews did they would always get punished and sent away. In the novel, Max is an important character because he is a Jew and was being hidden in the Hubermann household until he knew he needed to leave to stay safe. This shows that you knew what these people were going to be like if they were in the Nazi party because they were all the same and all there to do the same thing, making Jew’s lives miserable. “With tears in her eyes, she saw the man slide farther forward, pushing Papa back to cry into his ankles… His silver eyes were pelted. A cart was turned over and paint flowed out… They called him a Jew lover.” (pg.394, pt.7). This quote is an event that Hans went through when the bombings were about to become really bad. He was a sweet kind man that was volunteering to paint over people’s windows with black paint if they wanted it. The people in town were very grateful that he was doing this until the Nazis began to say he was a Jew lover. When this began to start going around town people and Nazis started to harass him, and in this quote, you can see that they hurt him and pushed his paint over because of one thing that was being said. It shows

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