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Part 4: Liesel's Lecture
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Book Thief, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Death
Words and Language
Books
Stealing and Giving
Color, Beauty, and Ugliness
Summary
Analysis
Max sleeps for three days straight, and Liesel watches him. Sometimes in his sleep he says the names of his family members, Walter, and Hitler. Liesel is standing over him when Max finally wakes up, and he takes her arm, looking confused and desperate.
Just like Liesel, Max arrives in the Hubermann house full of nightmares. This is an immediate connection between the two of them, but for now Liesel is wary and afraid of the stranger.
Themes
