Sunday, March 22, 2009
Post #4
My questions for the week is something I have been wondering since I picked up the book: Why is Liesel so interested in books? Especially since she could not even read when she stole her first book, I am wondering what motivated her so much to learn to read and start her collection of books.
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I agree that her compulsive book-stealing doesn't make sense. I understand that she stole the gravedigger's handbook, but that doesn't seem like a strong enough cause of her obsession.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think her book stealing made that much sense either. I agree that when she stole the Gravedigger's Handbook, it must of been out of curiosity but I also wonder what motivated her to keep stealing. I'm guessing that once she learned how to read, Liesel wanted more books or a variety to read so that could be why she started stealing them. Maybe she was bored?
ReplyDeleteLike both Emily and Tess, I agree that her choice to steel books doesn't make much sense. I think the reason she stole her first book was to have it as a keepsake, I feel like I would have done the exact same thing because I love little things that help in remembering others. I was a little confused when she chose to steel the second book, but i think that after she stole the first one, she wanted to keep getting new books, and enjoyed the thrill. Some things, such as this, are simply just very hard to explain and understand!
ReplyDeleteI think that Liesel was even more attracted to books because she couldn’t read them. She didn’t know what it was, it was foreign and that made it special to her. She then had the motivation to learn how to read; because she wanted to read the special keepsake that she had hiding under her bed. It was a sort of fascination.
ReplyDeleteI think that Liesel is so interested in stealing books because it distracts her from the atrocities occurring around her. Even though she can't read, this can give her something to do. It's able to put her mind at ease for the short time she is concentrating on stealing, and not the War.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andy, that Liesel reads books to distract her. Books tell stories that don't have to acknowledge the horrors of reality. Books are burned and unwanted by people. Seeing the Gravedigger's Handbook in the snow, Liesel didn't want to leave it on the ground, forgotten. Books are what Liesel can rescue, like from being buried in the snow or burned, when she couldn't save others like her brother.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex S, the books Liesel stole were mysterious objects since she could not read them. It was as if Liesel was being "bad" and figuring out the secret of the books. Later on, however, Liesel just continues her book thievery as a hobby, a way to escape from her life.
ReplyDeleteI think Liesel is interested in books because thats how she can escape what is really going on. It is also the only connection she really has to her brother.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, I really like your comment about book being the only thing she can save. I never thought of it in that was and i really like your connection!
ReplyDeleteI think Liesel steals books and interested in them because she cannot read. She sees them as mystical foreign volumes of information. So she is interested in them so she makes a collection.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Leisel's first book was just something to symbolize her brother, but then once she started reading, she liked the way it takes her to somewhere completely alternate from the world of Himmel street. When I first started reading, I liked it because it clears your mind of anything that's not on the page and I think that is what effected Leisel also.
ReplyDeleteI think it's just that books remind her of everything good in her life: her brother, Hans... Everything good that happens to her seems to be tied back to a book.
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