ipl-logo

Figurative Language In Night By Elie Wiesel

1437 Words6 Pages

On a late wiery night, with a full moon shining bright in the sky, there was a middle-aged German steadily walking through the streets of his hometown. Everything seemed normal until he stumbled upon a poster attached to a street light. He didn’t think of it much until he realized that this wasn’t just any regular poster, it was a Nazi poster promoting Hitler and his youth. Curious, he examined it carefully and read it thoroughly. The poster read “Jews. They are the reason for all of these troublesome problems we have. They are inferior. We must eliminate them. You will be safe in the Nazi Party. Follow Adolf Hitler!” As he read this poster he didn’t know any better, as he was a very gullible man who didn’t have a clue of what was going on …show more content…

At beginning of the novel, when Liesel arrives at her new foster parent’s home, and she is just starting to meet with Hans, they start to go over the alphabet: “With the alphabet completed and studied a dozen times, Papa leaned over and said”, “Enough for tonight?” “A few more words?” He was definite. “Enough. When you wake up, I’ll play accordion for you.” “Thanks, Papa”(45-46). This quote is conveying that Liesel and Hans are having a friendly experience with each other through words, as Hans is teaching her the alphabet. This relates to the thematic statement because it demonstrates how the power of words can be shown in a positive way, and how they can express loving emotions toward people. Moreover, when Max falls ill and slips into a coma, Rosa presents Liesel with a gift from Max: When it came back out, she was holding Max Vandenburg’s sketchbook. “He said to give this to you when you were ready,” she said. “I was thinking your birthday. She said, “I think you’ve always been ready, Liesel. From the moment you arrived here, clinging to that gate, you were meant to have this.” Rosa gave her the book”(299). This quote is addressing that Max had written a book of Liesel as a present. This is significant because this is the greatest gift Max gives to Liesel in form of

Show More
Related
361 Words | 2 Pages

This shows the audience that Hans loved her and would always get up to comfort her so that she felt at home and safe, as he earned Liesel’s trust that because she knew he would always be there for her. Also Hans demonstrates his selflessness as he explains “ I am not such a good reader myself” (65), but still continues

Read More
826 Words | 4 Pages

“It’s about time you faced the fact that your son is dead . . . He’s dead and it’s pathetic that you sit here shivering in your own house to suffer for it” (Zusak 262). During the Christmas season, Max falls extremely sick and does not wake up for days. During the time he is unconscious, Liesel gives her thirteen, random presents.

Read More
264 Words | 2 Pages

She found thirteen presents and told Max all about them when he woke up. This showed Max how much Liesel cared for him. Hans alleviated Liesel’s pain while she was getting yelled at by Rosa. Hans sat on the floor with Liesel and “...[played] with the tobacco and the cigarette papers…” (Zusak 1103).

Read More
1068 Words | 5 Pages

Firstly, Liesel's best friend Rudy has changed and impacted her life in more ways than one- by loving her and leaving her. Liesel had told Rudy about Max, a jew hiding in her basement. Liesel trusts Rudy and shows him the book that Max had given her. ¨

Read More
317 Words | 2 Pages

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.

Read More
279 Words | 2 Pages

Her recurring dreams of her brother connects her with the Jewish boy, Max, because of his similar dreams. Because of Max, Liesel learns to keep secrets, love, and enjoy the little things in life. By risking her life to help hide Max, Liesel grows into a mature, caring human being. Whether

Read More
765 Words | 4 Pages

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.

Read More
1145 Words | 5 Pages

Max and Liesel’s relationship is one of the most powerful ones in the story. Max develops a very strong relationship with Liesel through reading and bonding with her. Reading to each other comforts both characters and in the end, both characters are left with a relationship that lasts them their whole lives. One of the ways Liesel develops a relationship with Max is by bringing him crosswords. These crosswords give Max something to do, but also shows Max that Liesel is caring for Max.

Read More
755 Words | 4 Pages

When she first comes to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann, her foster parents, she does not even know how to spell her own name. She then gets bullied because of this, which motivates her to learn more. Hans helps her learn to read and write to some degree, but he only has a fourth-grade education, so Liesel ends up teaching herself through reading her stolen books. By the end of the book, Liesel is writing her own book with impressive language and elegance. While Liesel is a serious young girl she also tries to have fun with children her own age.

Read More
840 Words | 4 Pages

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).

Read More
2017 Words | 9 Pages

Liesel’s life is turned upside-down when Max, a Jew, comes to stay with her foster family, going against everything she has been taught. Liesel and Max quickly form a forbidden friendship that stretches their understanding of truth and love. With paradox, irony, and symbolism, Zusak brings the plot

Read More
760 Words | 4 Pages

Nine years old, alone, suffering from the death of her brother, Liesel has been separated from her mother and left at 33 Kimmel Street in Molching to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann. In this book narrated by Death himself Liesel is made fun of at school because she is unable to read. Early on Liesel realizes that she is powerless without words and this is one of the things that drives her throughout the book to never be powerless… wordless. Liesel has nightmares when she is first living at Himmel Street and she has to be sat with by Hans through the night. Liesel is happy and content living on Himmel Street and she becomes good friends with a guy named Rudy Steiner that is always trying to kiss her.

Read More
880 Words | 4 Pages

In the novel, Liesel’s behavior shows justice and love through her friendship with Max. Although her relationship with Max in the beginning of the book was rather awkward, soon her perspective towards Max soothes and their relationship bonds to a friendship. There are some times when Liesel’s actions were unbelievable, especially during the Jew parade. “ ‘ You have to let go of me Liesel.’

Read More
1318 Words | 6 Pages

This is because even though Hans and Liesel are not blood related, they have this extremely strong father-daughter bond which is based on them having immense trust in each other. On page 497 it shows how much Hans means to Liesel. As Hans was in Stuttgart, Liesel missed him so much. So when she was told he was coming home, she was ecstatic. It says “ ‘Papa.

Read More
2175 Words | 9 Pages

Their relationship dominates the middle section of the book, as Max comes to Himmel street just as part three starts, and Liesel thinks about him almost constantly as soon as he arrives. Consequently, the first quote I chose for them was when Liesel first catches a glimpse of Max in the kitchen. “She lingered a moment before her feet dragged from behind. When she stopped and stole one last look at the foreigner in the kitchen, she could decipher the outline of a book on the table” (Zusak 186). In this scene, Liesel sees Max’s book, and this is the start of the two of them and their connection with words that appears continuously through the rest of the novel.

Read More

More about Figurative Language In Night By Elie Wiesel

Related Topics

Open Document