Conformity and Rebellion

Rebellion plays a major role in The Book Thief. Hitler tries to conform all of Germany to believe what he believes. He takes every peice of text besides the ones he approve from Germans. Liesel desires knowledge with everything she has. This strong desire leads her to stealing books so she can learn to read. Hans, her foster father, helps her in this journey eventhough he knows how dangerous it is for him to do this. Later on in the story Leisel and her family hide a Jew in thier basement knowing this is probally the most dangerous thing to do in Germany at this period in time. Max ,the hiddin Jew, has the same desire for knowledge as Liesel. Max and Liesel help eachother learn every night. These actions are proof of rebellion because Hitler does not allow Germans to be knowledgable so they will not figure out what he is actually doing in German but Max and Liesel are not bothered by this fact and search for more and more knowledge.