The Book Thief: Entry 2

The characters in my book certainly have a complexity to them, especially Liesel the main character. Everyone at school thinks of her as this dumb little girl who can't read, mostly because she never went to school until she was 11, so no one ever taught her how to read. She finds this one book at her little brother's funeral, and brings it with her when she goes to her new foster parents home, but she can't read it. So when she starts school she gets bullied for not being able to read and decides to have her new papa teach her. They have classes every night and she slowly begins to be able to read, leading her to steal books since her family can't afford them. Her father Hans pretty much wants his new daughter to be happy, and to not get caught with the Jewish man living with them. The mom just wants her daughter to do all her chores and her job for her and for her to just behave all the time. Rudy, Liesel's best friend just wants to kiss Liesel every day but she never lets him. The Jewish man Max just doesn't want to get caught living with this kind family, and becomes best friends with Liesel. He also just wants the Holocaust to end so he doesn't have to hide out anymore and can live a life again not in fear of being himself. A theme that is beginning to appear I think is one: to never give up, and to always have hope. I believe this since almost all the characters in the book have this enthusiasm. Rudy attempting to get a kiss from Liesel, hoping that one day it will happen, Max hoping that he doesn't get caught and still tries every day to live life not giving up on it, and Liesel tries so hard to learn how to read and to not be thought of as dumb, and has so much hope for Max that when he gets sick she knows he will wake up, and brings him presents every day for him hoping he will wake up.