Ready Reference Treatise: The Book Thief

By Raja Sharma

“The Book Thief” was written by Markus Zusak, an Australian novelist. It was a highly successful book when it was published in 2006 for the first time.

The story of the novel is narrated by Death. The story is set in Nazi Germany. The narrator explains that he was very busy like Germany was busy.

The story describes the relationship between a young girl and her foster parents, and the other people living in the neighborhood, and a Jewish fist-fighter.

The Jewish fist-fighter hides in her home while the Second World War was on the escalation.

“The Book Thief” deals with the power of words. Through the sheer power of words, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party gained power in Germany. They delivered violent speeches, and spread propaganda.

Ready Reference Treatise: The Book Thief
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Summary
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Summary of the Novel
Chapter Five: Thematic Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Jul 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301538744

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: The Book Thief

Raja Sharma

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Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: Introduction

The Book Thief was written by Markus Zusak, an Australian novelist. It was a highly successful book when it was published in 2006 for the first time.

The story of the novel is narrated by Death. The story is set in Nazi Germany. The narrator explains that he was very busy like Germany was busy.

The story describes the relationship between a young girl and her foster parents, and the other people living in the neighbourhood, and a Jewish fist-fighter.

The Jewish fist-fighter hides in her home while the Second World War was on the escalation.

The book won several awards and it was also listed on the The New York Best Seller list for over 230 weeks.

The Book Thief deals with the power of words. Through the sheer power of words, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party gained power in Germany. They delivered violent speeches, and spread propaganda.

Through his seminal book titled Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler denounced the Jews, the Communists, and the influence of the enemy countries like France.

Hitler included nationalism, Aryan racial superiority in his violent speeches. He promised that he would remake Germany into a world power that would dominate Europe for the advantage of the Germans. It was the power of words which enabled Hitler to rise to the unshakable power in Germany.

During the Great Depression, the German economy was totally shattered, after the defeat in the World War II. Hitler delivered a highly persuasive but dangerous message.

Having obtained the power of the country, Hitler started very rapid militarization. He began a very systematic extermination of those social undesirable, communists, homosexuals, the disabled, gypsies, Poles, Soviets, and all those people who were considered