The Book Thief: Entry 3

"They listened to Nazi footsteps in the basement. There was the sound of measuring tape. Liesel could not ward off the thought of Max sitting beneath the steps, huddled around his sketchbook, hugging it to his chest. Papa stood. Another idea." This part in the book was when they had their Jewish friend Max in their basement still, and some Nazi generals had to search everyone's houses to see if their basement would make a good shelter. The Hubermann's are freaked out because they have a Jew in their basement and a Nazi wants to search the one place he's hiding. I think this was a very intense moment in the book because you're freaking out while reading hoping to god they don't get caught. This part really freaked me out while reading and I just wanted to keep reading faster to find out what happens to the Jew and to see if the Nazi general was going to find him. This part probably showed conflict the most throughout the entire book.