Part 1 re-cap of "The Book Thief"

So far "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak is about this girl Liesel Meminger who just lost her brother. Her mother sent her to a foster home where her "new" mother cusses all the time and her father doesn't seem to care about much. They send her to school where she is not up to par with the rest of the children. She meets Rudy Steiner and so far they have become good friends. Towards the end of what I've read so far her foster dad has somewhat taught her to read.

The genre of "The Book Thief" is historical fiction. It fits this genre because one of the book's settings is during the Holocaust. It's fiction because this never really happened.

The main point of view in this book is death's point of view. Death narrates this whole book. Having death as the narrator causes it to have a very interesting point of view. It kinda gives death life. It shows death as being intelligent and thoughtful. Some facts are revealed immediately while others are given throughout the story. The author chose to tell the story this way because the Holocaust was pretty much all death.

Rising Action: Liesel's brother died and after his funeral she found a book that one of the grave digger's had dropped called "The Grave Digger's Handbook".
Climax: Once she was in school while living with her foster parents she realized she couldn't read or do anything like the other kids could.
Falling Actions: She asked her foster dad to teach her how to read "The Grave Digger's Handbook".
Resolution: Every possible night her foster dad teaches her how to read as best as he can.

The conflict in this book right now is Liesel vs. herself. She constantly reads books or tries to because she is trying to find out who she is. She's trying to deal with the issues she has with the death of her brother and her runaway mother.
Liesel Meminger is the protagonist of the story. She is a young, tomboy-ish girl about to reach her adolescent years.
Hans Hubermann is Liesel's foster father. He doesn't believe in the Nazi way and wants nothing to do with them. He has silver eyes and is a very tall man. He also plays the accordion.
Rosa Hubermann is Liesel's foster mother. She is a very foul-mouthed woman.
Rudy Steiner is Liesel's best friend and neighbor. Rudy doesn't hide the fact that he loves Liesel.
Liesel's mother sent her to a foster home and runs away from her problems.
Liesel's brother died on the way to be taken to the foster home.

Markus Zusak's style is very unique in this book. The way he puts things is almost child-like; the way he puts little intermissions in, in various, random places. He uses words that really creates images in the reader's head. He also uses personification in a way because he gives death life. At first the book is kind of confusing but as it goes on I'm understanding it a little more.