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Passage Picker The Book Thief

Fátima Gaitán

"A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children"

"For Liesel Meminger, there was the imprisoned stiffness of movement and the staggered onslaught of thoughts. Es stimmt nicht. This isn’t happening. This isn’t happening."

Why do I selected this paragraph?

In my opinion, this paragraph show how the love win instead of if people are not family or if they are starting meet each one. For me, Hans Hubermann has the passion and patience to be a father and he is showing through the little details or things that he is doing with Liesel. When he came in every night and sat with her, the first couple of times, he simply stayed, like a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered, “Shhh, I’m here, it’s all right.”; after three weeks, he held her. For me, he is his real father.

Why do I selected this paragraph?

This paragraph destroyed me, because I have a little sister, and I can imagine how Liesel felt with his brother in her arms, I not even imagine that case in real life. The shaking is part of my life too, because when I get nervous or I paralize, I start shaking and it is a horrible feeling. Honestly, I admire Liesel, because she controlled his feeling in a train with his brother dead so as not to make a big deal, it is something to admire for a girl of 9 years.