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Examples Of Figurative Language In Night By Liesel

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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 …show more content…

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 …show more content…

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

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When her son was sent into world war I, and never returned, Ilsa began to suffer from depression. Serious depression. Ilsa decided to live with the grief, saying that it would hurt more to fight it. This led to her strange appearance of bathrobes, and the rumors around town about the crazy and Isolated women. Liesel, and Ilsas relationship is a very strange one.

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Liesel feels a sense of sorrow and grief for them as they walk by her and her papa. All Liesel wishes she could do is for them to know that she feels so much sorrow and pain for them. Hans is around when he sees a man fall; he gives him a piece of bread when both him and the old man are whipped. “She had seen a Jewish man who had twice given her the most beautiful pages of her life marched to a concentration camp.” (Zusak 350)

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This shows how her character has evolved from a reclusive girl who wants no help to a girl who needs help in sad times. Another time when this theme is displayed is when death says, “He climbed in feet first not knowing this may be the last time he may ever step foot in this house, he briefly looked back he saw Leisel coming down the stairs with food and blankets”(328 Suzak). This just comes to show what Leisel is doing for her friends, even though she could get hung and killed she is still risking her life to save them. This proves how loyal she is to her friends to not let anything happen to them during times of change. Leisel is not the only one who does things to help her friends Rudy helps Leisel a lot too this is shown when Death tells us, “He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book.

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We see this purpose in many places throughout the novel. An instance of this is when Liesel uses her words to abuse the mayor’s wife’s feelings. Furthermore, this purpose appears when Liesel comforts the people in the air raid shelter by reading to them.

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Liesel asks if she has ever read The Last Human Stranger, and Ilsa says that it’s “not bad.” With this Liesel tries to find something else to talk about, but Ilsa tells her that she should go, saying “He’s waiting for you.” This is because she can see Rudy’s hair through the window. This is the last time Liesel comes into the house before being taken in by the Hermanns, therefore it’s the last time that she comes into the house as a

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If Liesel was not a courageous person she definitely would not have gone back and confronted Ilsa about her problems. It took major courage because if things went badly, she might have lost the ability to go back to get books. She loves her books! There are some very courageous people in the world today!

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Death occurs in many scenes throughout the book. Unfortunately, Liesel is surrounded by the most of it. Liesel started out her life with only her mother and brother. Her brother and her were traveling with their mother by train to be given over to foster parents because their mother didn’t have the ability to care for them anymore. On their way there,

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Another quote that shows Liesel’s attitude toward her past which is found on page 119 “‘Three books.’ Liesel spoke softly and she looked at the backs of the men”. This quote shows Liesel fighting with herself trying to decide whether or not to take a book from the fire. Once again a part of her is telling her not to take the book while the other part is telling her to take it. These examples of conflict show why Lieselk in a sense of her opinions and her problems while when characterizing Liesel we learn about her personality or in other words what she is like on the

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Liesel has realized she must respect the man who was the reason for her and her entire families suffering. She has realized she officially has lost her home, that she is completely isolated from the community. “It was quite a sight seeing an eleven year old girl try not to cry on church steps, saluting fuhrer”(Zusak 115). After losing all of these emotionally wrecking things Liesel learns and understands she needs to keep going forward. She refuses to give up she although times are rough manages to think, it could be worse.

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At the beginning of the book, Liesel's relationship with words is a fearful one, she cannot harmonise with the words as she feels they are working against her. When Liesel starts school, she attempts to read a passage in front of her class. The reading quickly becomes unsuccessful as she looks at the book and reports that "the sentences blurred"(77), and that "she couldn't even see the words anymore"(77). During this reading, the words take power over Liesel in a humiliating and degrading way as she fights for control. Liesel's gained life experience is then shown as she starts to wield the words in a way that gives her the ability to help others through hardships.

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Knowing that Hitler was the cause of her mothers passing, makes Liesel “feel the slush of anger, stirring hotly in her stomach” (Zusak 78) which makes her publicly announce that she “hate[s] the Fuhrer” (Zusak 78). By acting on her profound hatred for the Fuhrer, Liesel defies the widespread respect of Hitler and the Nazi party as a whole. Naturally, Hans reacts negatively to Liesel’s declaration and even slaps her, not because he disagrees with her, but because he doesn’t want her to outwardly state her dislike for the societal norms of Nazi Germany. On the other hand, Liesel does not actually believe that she is incorrect for what she said because she knows Hitler’s doings are wrong and she believes her acts of rebellion were right in her eyes. All in all, the death of Liesel's mother causes her to develop a newfound hatred for Hitler and lead to her public outburst of

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Liesel and her father’s relationship grows each and every day they are together. She feels comforted by his presence. “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,” (Zusak Ch 6).

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At first, Liesel is illiterate, but when she steals her first book at her brother’s funeral, and is abandoned by her mother, she turns to something she

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Also, when Mama was depressed about Papa going to war, Mama would sleep with Papa’s accordion Liesel acknowledged “that there was great beauty in what she was currently witnessing, and she chose not to disturb it” (Zusak, 429). Finally, when Liesel’s papa gave a Jew bread during the parade and what Liesel did during the parade, she gave Jews bread by placing them in the street. How the author characterized Liesel

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