Examples Of Figurative Language In Night By Liesel

The theme in this passage is that loss is an unavoidable part of life but is not something that has to destroy us. Liesel uses her past on her side to strengthen her in what she does and how she feels. Both the figurative language and the diction in the passage bolster the idea that loss is something that you cannot escape, but it is something that can make you stronger, and shows how Leisel portrays that idea.
Figurative language has a way of drawing you into the book and giving the story a deeper meaning, it does this when Liesel's brother appears next to her as she yells at the mayor's wife. The most prominent in this passage is imagery. Reflecting on her thoughts, Liesel decides to act on her reflection as, "She sprayed her words directly

After she shuts the door, Leisel does not return home, but instead, goes back up to the house to unload how she's feeling onto Ilsa. She uses her words to tear her down, and compares her dead son to her dead brother, "He’s dead and it’s pathetic that you sit here shivering in your own house to suffer for it. You think you’re the only one?" (Zusak 262). Consequently, while angry, Liesel makes herself vulnerable, bringing up her brother who is, otherwise, rarely mentioned. She treats the conversation as a fight, not letting Ilsa get a second to speak, and when she's done, "Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from

The words used are striking; fancy, formal, and harsh words are shown throughout the section. "The glittering anger was thick and unnerving, but she toiled through it" (Zusak 262). Unpacking this quote, the words and phrases used are unique and something that you don't see and normally wouldn't put together. "Her brother was next to her. He whispered for her to stop, but he, too, was dead, and not worth listening to" (Zusak 262-263). This is one of the most shocking quotes in this passage. As a reader, you don't hear much about Liesel's brother as the story goes on, so for her to say something like he was too dead to listen to, shows that she is recklessly talking without thinking. To have her brother by her side in a time like this, in a way, she tries to relate to the mayor's wife in a way that should make her feel inferior to Leisel. She has gone through so much, and continues to, while holding in secrets and the guilt and secrets of her past. Ilsa, in Liesel's eyes, sits in her home and sulks over her dead son, while shading herself from the world and Liesel doesn't find that