A little bit of starlight in the war

Preston 2022-03-20 09:01:40

Before I was blocked by Teacher Alai, I saw the movie recommended by Teacher Alai and couldn't help giving 5 stars after watching it.

Due to the war, their parents were unable to raise Liesel and his younger brother, so they were sent to a family in Munich for foster care, which also meant parting forever, which is also a foreshadowing of the film.

Because of the harsh conditions on the road, his younger brother did not survive, and Liesel was sent to Hans and Rosa's home alone.

Watch Hans and Rosa's attitude towards Liesel, a charitable adoptive father and a stern adoptive mother. At first, I only liked Hans. When Liesel first came to sleep, he played the accordion for Liesel and told stories to Liesel, full of love for Liesel.

The adoptive mother Rosa always disliked Liesel. She began to think Liesel was too dirty, and she yelled at Liesel. I also wondered why she still adopted her if she didn't like it?

It was not until the back of the plot that I saw Rosa's kind side as a mother. After Max woke up, she hurried to the school to tell Liesel the news. Er pretended to pull her face into the teacher, as if she was a good mother with acting skills like an actor.

It may be because of the war, because of the pressure of life, and the emotions that have nowhere to vent, always vent to her husband Hans and Liesel inexplicably. From her change of attitude towards Liesel, to risking her life to adopt and care for Max, a Jew, despite the difficulties of the family.

When her husband Hans received the draft letter, he put a hand on Hans's shoulder, and he was full of reluctance. And after her husband left, he was lying on the bed tiredly holding Hans's accordion that night. Even though she always scolded Hans, her body was sincere, and her body and behavior could not deceive anyone.

Watching Max being forced to leave for the safety of their family, watching Hans be recruited with a baggage, watching Rosa in a daze with her accordion in her hands, her eyes kept rolling with tears.

Every parting may be a farewell to Liesel, just like when her mother left her and her younger brother, every time it hurts.

When the cannonballs fell at night in people's sleeping dreams, in the ruins of the whole city, only Liesel was alive, and it seemed that she was the only one alive, her mother was gone, her father was gone, not even her favorite friend Rudy. hold on.

What kept Liesel alive were the books she had read, and the white paper books that Max gave her, where all her stories and memories could be recorded. It can be said that Liesel was influenced by Max, and from then on, he went out of control and even went to the mayor's house to steal books to read.

Words always have the most powerful force, and the star of hope can be seen in the gloom of war.

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Extended Reading

The Book Thief quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Liesel Meminger: Is that your book?

    Max Vandenburg: It wasn't always mine.

  • [from trailer]

    Max Vandenburg: If your eyes could speak, what would they say?