QUESTION:
How did Markus Zusak employ features of the genre Magical Realism to convey his ideas about human existence in this novel The Book Thief?
POWER OF WORDS
Magical Realism feature = Symbolism
Words represent power
Markus Zusak employed symbolism, a feature of Magical realism in order to show how humans behave when given power.
– Liesel was given power through learning to read and write and could then
– Adolf Hitler was given power through words and used them to create a society capable of killing
– Max was given power through his own words and used them to survive being in the basement ??? idk
Human Existence: The purpose of the book is to show that with knowledge comes power that can be used for good or bad. Humans can choose either.
Intro: What is Magical Realism. What is the feature. What is the idea .
Paragraph 1: Liesel
Paragraph 2: Adolf Hitler
Paragraph 3: Max