Human nature in the book thief 1754 words bartleby. Humans rule humanity, but death is the one destend to remain in that humanity. Death illustrates how complicated beings humans are and how they hold the capacity to act in both evil and beautiful ways. Duality in the book thief by colene jansen on prezi. I see their ugly and their beauty, and i wonder how the same thing can be both. History and especially world war two is a testament to the duality of human nature. Death, in all of his power, struggles to understand how humans bear such burdens. The duality between dr jekyll and mr hyde at the time of the book could epitomize the concerns of victorian society and the theories of evolution proposed by charles darwin. Jeffery kluger in an article for time magazine reflects on this aspect of. Hans is one of the many characters in the novel, the book thief by markus zusak. Most importantly, death reveals the complexity of human nature by reflecting and questioning the. Duality of human nature in jekyll and hyde essay example. Full text of library of the worlds best literature.
Given the political context of the time, with hatred and violence against jews being rampant, max clearly finds liesels kindness to be extraordinary. He is a tall, quiet man with a gentle nature whose sympathy for jews results in him. Duality of humanity in the book thief by noah thorn on prezi. Markus zusaks novel the book thief tells the tale of liesel. Despite feeling amazed and impressed, he remains uncomprehending, which he ascribes to not being a human. Death hopes that people gravitate to the light but from the war this looks doubtful. On the nature of creativity sam and marilyn sheppard changes in. I enjoyed reading about liesel meminger in the novel the book thief by. Beauty of humanity brutality of humanity the portrayal of beauty and brutality of humanity within the book thief the consequence of this, is that im always finding humans at their best and worst.
Duality between the themes of human brutality and goodness arise, both of which. In the book thief death says repeatedly that this is only the story of a girl. In the novel, liesel has beautiful experiences with people who she loves max, but at the same time she has experienced ruthless killings of the people who she held dear rudy. Page 536 i realized at that moment that she was not wearing.
In fact, duality is a theme of life in general for liesel and rudy. The book thief after the lse division is done their work, they play cards and when reinhold zucker wins a round of cards he. Death recognizes that, even in her profound suffering, liesels mother carried on with what she needed to do, as most suffering people do every day. Markus zusak uses death throughout the the book thief to express the complexity of human nature. Beauty and brutality of humanity within the book thief by. How i tamed the voice in my head, reduced stress without losing my edge, and found a selfhelp that actually worksa true story. Hans dual personality in the book thief by markus zusak bartleby.
The book thief traces the gradual encroachment of nazism on the everyday life of the. People are capable of both good and evil, the dark and the light. A summary of themes in markus zusaks the book thief. Meanwhile, the concentration camps linger unseen in the background of the book as the most extreme example of cruelty. The theory enunciated that all human beings began as apes, and that we have developed throughout time to suit the environment, or to adapt, fitting the idea of survival of the fittest. The duality of the written word, and the duality of human nature, is one of the central themes of the book thief.