Liesel makes friends with Max while developing the strange habit of stealing books.
Max dreamed of becoming a boxer, and he often fantasized about fighting Hitler in a boxing ring.
Removing the complicated relationship between Ilsa and Liesel also did neither character justice.
Similarly, the adaptation should have been amovie that showed horrific depictions of warthrough those small moments.
The Book Thiefis narrated by Death.
This part is one of the most heartbreaking moments in the novel, but was cut from the movie.
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To complicate things further,The Book Thiefis narrated by Death.
It seems likely that the details were softened and characters flattened to give the film its PG-13 certificate.
The Book Thief is a historical drama film based on Markus Zusak’s novel about a young girl who lives with her foster parents during the era of World War II. Liesel, a young girl who cannot read or write, is taught by her adoptive father, encouraging her love of books. As she steals additional books to continue feeding her love of literature, she begins to share them with a young Jewish boy the family has taken in to protect him from the Nazi party.
