1. The Role of a Novel - The Book Thief
They also: challenge our views; let us know we are not alone; and edify us, teaching a moral lesson. ... Before the war, Hans painted Jewish homes and refused to join the Nazi party, even though his actions alone could have little impact on the deportation of Jews or the war itself. When he feeds the starving Jew, it could be argued he made a foolish decision as he endangered the life of a younger, healthier man (Max) to offer comfort to a frail elderly man, almost certain to die. ... Or on the man himself, who gets to die 'with the thought that he was a human.' ... Although the s...
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