Throughout the novel we see people’s kindness and cruelty, from the people in different parts of the story. We see acts of kindness when Lisa Hermann invites Liesel into her library or when Ruby gives a teddy bear to a dying pilot, those two examples represent the kindness part of the book. On the contrary, we see people being cruel, like the two mens treatment of Ruby. we also get a glimpse of far more dramatic examples of each thing. The Hubermanns family does a great thing in caring for Max. They keep Max alive while treating him greatly even though there is a big risk to themselves. A more of an extreme example of cruelty would be the concentration camps that are going on underground.