Introduction
 How they built their relation ship
upon words
 How literature saved them both
and the implications of this
 How they both found solace in
literature
• At the beginning of Max’s stay in the Huberman’s household Liesel denied
Max’s very existence. “Preferring to believe that life could go on as normal”
•“Liesel was initially afraid of Max.
“Whats wrong, is their a monster down there?” “The idea of getting frightened
by the new visitor both frightened and enthused her”
• Max feels the same way about Liesel. “She’s a lovely girl really, no need to be
afraid”
•The first words spoke between the two relate to literature, Mein Kampf “Is – Is it
a good book” “It’s the best book I’ve ever read, it saved my life”
•The two books Max writes for Liesel, “The standover man”, “The word shakers”
This is a monster.
Well, a monster to
Germans in the
Nazi Era.
“What's wrong,
there isn’t a
monster down
there is there”
-Hans Huberman
Jew
German
How literature saves both of them and
the implications of this
Max
 “Mein Kampf” saves Max’s life
by offering a way into the
Huberman’s household.
 “Mein Kampf – Of all things to
save him”
Liesel
 Whilst writing her own book her
home is destroyed. She
survives.
 “She clung desperately to the
words who had saved her”
The way they find solace in literature
 Liesel finds a way to be happy again – through stealing books. And
her midnight classes with Hans Huberman.

“Little did she know, but those “Midnight”” classes would be the
happiest times of her life”
 Liesel and Rudy are brought even closer together through their
affixation with theft. And in particular their theft of books. “This”
Rudy declared, “Is the good life”
 “Only in my writings could a Jew find such a way to express himself”
- Max
Conclusion
•How they built their relation ship upon words
•How literature saved them both and the
implications of this
•How they both found solace in literature
•By Liam Hanley