Toward the end of The Book Thief, survival begins not to matter anymore. Rebellion against the Hitler reign starts to break through. First is the Hubbermans hiding a Jew in the basement. Then Max begins to dreams of directly fighting Hitler and all those who he controls. Liesel starts to steal other things beside food. Rudy even rebels against his peers in Hitler Youth, picking fights with them for no other reason than he doesn't feel like keeping up the image of the dutiful German. Rudy and Liesel no longer steal food with the group because Rudy has a fight with the leader. Everyone is becoming careless with their perfected images. This relates to the argument that in this era, conformity and rebellion can be interchangeable as the good or bad side of humanity in this novel.