As I am currently reading my new book The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, I noticed that the main character Liesel Meminger, goes through a lot of conflicts in the book. For example on page 121 of the book, the author writes, "The book felt cool enough now to slip inside her uniform. At first, it was nice and warm against her chest. As she began walking, though, it began to heat up again. By the time she made it back to Papa and Wolfgang Edel, the book was starting to burn her. It seemed to be igniting." With this quote, I think that Liesel as going through a person vs. society because she stole a book that the Nazi's were ordered to burn. But with her desire for her new found love for books, she starts stealing books that the Nazi's don't approve of. But the problem is, she doesn't know that with the second book that she stole from the burning, was a book that was now against the law. I also feel that with this book, I think she would deal with person vs. self because she has to keep reading these books in privacy with her father and is now conflicted with her new life and what she now has to do in order to not get caught by reading books that the Nazi's didn't. The Book Thief is set in 1939 in Germany during the time of World War 2. And I feel that I can can somewhat relate to the internal conflict that Liesel is going through because she has to keep her passion for reading of sleeping, and sometimes I also hide my real passion so I wouldn't be caught doing my own passion. The Book Thief is also a movie that has been released in November 8, 2013.
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