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Character Analysis Of Hans Hubbermann In The Book Thief

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Many characters in The Book Thief suffered tremendously during World War II but coped with it in different ways. Liesel, the main protagonist in The Book Thief, comes with her suffering because of the fact that she wouldn’t accept that her brother Werner is dead. Furthermore, she would constantly have nightmares every night about her brother. Max is a Jewish man who lives in Liesel's house seeking to be concealed away from the public. He suffers from the fact of guilt because he still exists in the world when around in Germany, Jewish people are getting killed day after day due to the Holocaust. Hans Hubbermann, Liesel’s adopted father suffers through the guilt that he had to make Max leave the house. Han’s intentions were to protect him but the guilt of letting a lone Jewish man in a world where if he was spotted he would have been an instant criminal and send to a prison camp or worse killed. A significant turning point in Liesel’s life was when her brother, Werner, died on a train to their adoptive family. As a result, Liesel would consistently have nightmares of her dead brother Werner every night: "Every night, Liesel would nightmare" (7.2). Liesel was close …show more content…

He sends Max in agony out back in the streets again for the right reasons so that Max would have a chance of living, since the German police were out going door to door searching residents houses. Han’s intentions were to only protect him by making this choice. From this choice, Han suffers this agony silently, and he couldn’t take a chance that can kill Max: “… he could have been asleep in the basement or sketching in his book” (60.21). Han could’ve let Max stay and do his things in his basement but the problem was, what if the police came and took Max? Han would suffer even more emotionally because he could have done something to save his life. This is why Han could not think about taking the chance of Max getting caught by the German

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