To conclude, the director of this film has given us a cold but mellow setting leaving us heart felt while the optimism of the protagonist Liesel was strong.  As soon as Liesel’s story begins she is put into a dreadful situation starting a new life on Himmel street, Liesel goes highs and lows living through war while tragically losing everyone near the end of the film. The audience is in aw when Max returns to Liesel after the war is over. The audience is left heart felt by the outcome and are encouraged by the optimism of Liesel.

The characterisation in The Book Thief is an example of beauty emerging in a cruel world.

All things considered, Percival has put together a very historically accurate film, that effectively show the way individuals accept or defy a controlling regime like Nazi Germany. It created a profound, pleasurable environment for the viewers. The way Fuhrer impacts the entirety of Germany as well as the rest of the world is devastating, Percival paints the picture for you in the film as if you were there. The way he used props, sets, make-up and costumes made it feel like you were sitting in that room with the characters, the level of reality in this film was crazily perfect, they had used an actual car from WW2 as the Burgemeisters car in the film.

There were many regular people who complied with the nazis and enforced their regulations and beliefs, ranging from kids to adults alike it wasn’t just Nazi officials and officers. An example of this is Franz Deutscher “burn a book. Go on, burn a book. Go on I’ll be watching both of you.”  It is evident that here he isn’t just complying with the Nazis but that he is enforcing their policy’s and ideologies onto other people.

Unlike Rudy, Franz is happily part of the hitler youth program. 

 

There was a contrast between the Bürgemeister and his wife about how they side with the Nazi party, the Bürgemeister ran the Nazi party in the town, whereas his wife demonstrated small acts of rebellion by not aligning exactly with Nazi rules and regulations.

During the scene of checking the basements. Playing outside Liesel is informed by a fellow friend that the Nazi officers are coming to check the basements of the houses. 

The thought goes through her head knowing that they are hiding Max in their basement. She realises. She thinks fast. She acts. Liesel goes up to the boy with the soccer ball and very quickly skids along the concrete to create a reason to stop the game and go inside. Rudy then hurries up to her and asks if she is okay. She nods and slightly pushes him away so there is no reason for him to come inside. Liesel opens the door and rushes over to Rosa to alerts her in a very panicking manner. Rosa understands the mass concern and runs to tell Hans. Liesel looks out the window to see how far away the officers are. She realises they are getting extremely close and starts to stress even more. The knock at the door is heard and there is a big freeze as everyone knows who it is. Hans is still downstairs trying to escort Max into a hiding place. Rosa opens the door acting surprised trying to not be suspicious. The close up on Rosa’s face is identifying he horror and worry on in her body. The officer is quite aggressive and instantly insists to see the basement. Hans arrises from the basement with hope from the girls that he has hid Max well enough...

Percival dexterously shows that there are always two sides to a story as humanity’s persuasion differs. As we advance through the story, we see many sides like Rudy defying the Nazis and painting his skin with mud, but the Nazis resent the boy’s actions as they’d rather drench their guns in the blood of the Jews and communists. 

The way Percival showed that all societies have two contrasting sides, the beauty and childness much like Rudy and the brutality and distraction that the Nazis bring into the world.

 

Death once said, “I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”

This quote showed the depth and heartbreak that the world and people brought to death in their time of passing. To how Death had seen so much hurt but also seen the beauty within it.

Clearly “The book thief’s” message is that beauty and honesty can be shown even within the midst of war and evil.This message of beauty and honesty reflects how the war even in the worst of times can have a positive outcome.To summarize Percival displays how through the characters, he can represent the destruction of the war by illustrating the aesthetic charm in a world of ‘Nazi’ occupation. Liesel is the protagonist who is nothing but “kind, nice and innocent”. Even in the worst of times, such as when ‘Franz’ aggravates Liesel by telling her to “just read one word”, knowing very well she is illiterate. In contrast Liesel is a lot more innocent & honest by continuing to do kind deeds such as reading to Max while he was sick and demonstrating that she can contribute to her new family (eventually).This innocence really shows how Liesel is the protagonist of the film and reinforces Percival's message as author.