In the beginning and throughout most of the book it seems that the antagonist is Hitler. For Liesel, Hitler represents everything bad in her life, he's the reason her mother abandoned her, the reason Max had to hide, the reason her papa had to go to war. In the end of the book though you could say death was the antagonist because though Hitler tried to take away everyone from her life, he wasn't fully able to do so. However death takes away her parents, her brother, Rudy, and everyone else she knows and loves.
The protagonist is Liesel, at the very beginning of the book she is completely innocent, all she knows is her brother is dead and her mama doesn't want her anymore. And suddenly she is in the care of complete strangers. Without the help of her papa she never would have been able to fully grow and become the book thief. He's there for her every night when she is most vulnerable.
Liesel represents innocents and good in the world. Hitler represents all the bad, because by the end of the book he's managed to take away everything from her.
Why is Liesel the book thief? How does her Papa help her? (If you don't want to spoil it for me it's okay, I'll read the book.)
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