Conformity & Rebellion

"The Book Thief" is full of conformity and rebellion. When Liesel steals these books Hans can't really get on to her because they know they would like to rebel against Hitlers rules and ways he treats the jews. Stealing books is Liesel's way of rebelling agains't the Führer's rule and also a way of letting everyone know she loves to read so much that she is willing to commit a crime. With Liesel stealing these books and later food, death being the narrator is a great idea because you'd think it wouldn't care about Liesel being called "The Book Thief" when in actuality it does. In certain areas of the book you can see where the narrator is death because on page 178, the narrator says "Not many men are lucky enough to cheat me twice." Symbolizing that the narrator, death, is actually a person with feelings showing this by talking about how Hans Huberman escaped him twice and how he is worried about the third time not turning out so great. "The Book Thief" has many ways it shows conformity and rebellion all throughout by using human emotion to change how we would normally live and act if we weren't under such strict Hitler rule.