The Book Thief

Why do you think Liesel destroyed the book in Ilse Hermann's Library?

In a pit of rage, Liesel was seen ripping the pages out of the book, why do you think she did it?

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Liesel was angry, and she blamed words for her friends' problems. She thinks about all the people she has seen die, and she then pictures Hitler's words at the center of it all. Liesel does not want to hope for Max and Alex Steiner anymore, "because the world does not deserve them." She rips up the book she was reading and says out loud, "What good are the words?" "Without words, the Fuhrer was nothing." She calls out Ilsa's name, but gets no response. Liesel writes a letter to Ilsa, in which she apologizes for destroying a book and says she will never return to punish herself.

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The Book Thief