The Book Thief (:

I AM ON PAGE 379 - SO BEWARE!

I believe that Liesel has grown immsensely throughout the book, with the help of Papa of course. She is not the smartest child in the beginning but she has such a desire to prove people wrong and to learn to read that she becomes a fairly intelligent child. When Max comes to live with the Hubermanns; i believe that desire to read grew a tiny bit more. When i read that section, i took notice of Liesels interest in Max, but i also felt that there was a sense of relief and pride that she was not a Jew. That pride struck home and made her want to become better, and as it later stated in the book, Max has somewhat become a brother in Liesels eyes [from my understanding]. Also with Liesels desire to read; i believe that Death becomes more and more interested, adding more and more detail and story as the book continues. Deaths fascination is not only more with Liesel, I felt that the in-depth(ness) of the book gets ten times larger when Max hoins the household. The secrecy of hiding the Jew, and beginning to love him is what strives Death to become ingrossed in their "story".