The Title:
1. Is it symbolic of the labelling that we use to dehumanise others that we don’t
know or who are different? – The cripple, the fat boy, the ugly girl, the barbie,
the old lady, the shop keeper, the JEW...
Why do we label...? How does it help us? Is it fair? What is the significance of a
person’s name?
2. The act of theft allows Liesel to be reconstructed, so it is a clue to character and
links to the importance of literature in her reconstruction.
3. It reinforces for us, the value of literature...see appropriate theme page.
1. Is it symbolic of the labelling that we use to dehumanise others that we don’t
know or who are different? – The cripple, the fat boy, the ugly girl, the barbie,
the old lady, the shop keeper, the JEW...
Why do we label...? How does it help us? Is it fair? What is the significance of a
person’s name?
2. The act of theft allows Liesel to be reconstructed, so it is a clue to character and
links to the importance of literature in her reconstruction.
3. It reinforces for us, the value of literature...see appropriate theme page.