Part 5 Chapters 1-8
The first chapter of part five talked about the way Rudy Steiner died. No, he didn't die at this time of the story, but rather in the future, two years later. It starts off with a day by the Amper River. Liesel and Rudy were there together as always, and Rudy took a step inside the river. He picks up a floating book in the water and asks Liesel for a kiss for an exchange. That very same day, he died of hypothermia. the narrator says that "taking a boy like Rudy was almost robbery—so much life, so much to live..." Also, it explains a very Rudy-like side of him, when he says "He'd have been glad to witness her kissing his dusty bomb-hit lips."
The second chapter was about seven events; The Haircut, The Newspaper, The Weatherman, The Boxer, The New Dream, the Painters, and The Showdown, following up from mid-April 1941 to June 24th, 1941. “The haircut” was about Max asking Rosa if she could possibly cut his hair for him since it was starting to get in his eye. He said it would totally be okay if it turned out uneven, and she agreed. And so the next day, Rosa was searching for her scissors but she couldn’t find it, which is why an argument had erupted between Rosa and Hans. Hearing them argue, Max climbed up from the basement embarrassed, with his own scissors in his hand, and asked if Liesel, the calmest one in the scene, could cut it for him, which she did. The second event, “The newspaper” was in early May, and Liesel was on her way back home from the mayor’s house. On the way, she was lucky enough to pick up a copy of Molching Express on the streets. When she made it home, she would go down to the basement and give Max the paper. On days she was extra lucky, the crossword would be empty, allowing Max to solve it, while Liesel would sit across him and watch. Often, she would also leave him books down there so that he could spare his time reading them. “The Weatherman” was in mid-May when Liesel talked to Max about all the goals she scored playing the soccer game just earlier outside. When Liesel finished talking, Max pleaded for the simplest of simple things, “Could you go up and tell me how the weather looks?” When she came back and told him, he started painting on the wall, of the weather outside, including a drawing of them both in the scene. “The boxer” was at the end of May, and it was basically the explanation of Max’s imagination, of boxing with Hitler, with a German full of audience. In the middle of that, Liesel walked in and gently said, “The crossword, is empty,”. “The New Dream” was a few nights after “The Boxer”. It was afternoon, and Liesel visited the basement to find out Max was halfway through his push-ups. Liesel asked, “For what?” Max correcting her, said “Not for what. For whom.” Max explained he was talking about the Fubrer. And that he imagines every night Hitler walking into the room, fighting him, which eventually, Max wins. “The Painters” was in early June when Liesel went down to the basement after school. She found Rosa, Hans, and Max there, all of which who were painting the pages of Mein Kempf to white. They prepared for the pages of The Word Shaker. “The Slowdown” was on June 24th, two days after Germany invaded Russia, and three days before Britain and the Soviets joined forces. It was another day in the mayor’s house, and Liesel was reading her recent choice of book, The Whistler. When Liesel was about to leave, Isla handed her the book and said to keep it. This was the second time she was told she could keep it. In addition to that, she also received a letter, and Isla said: “I’m sorry. It’s for your mama.” It was to inform them they would no longer be using their service, and Liesel knew it. Their last client was gone and Liesel found herself feeling angry. That was due to the fact that Liesel thought firing Rosa at such times would leave them poorer than ever, meaning they didn’t watch out for them after all. In addition, she thought the book was given to her so Isla could make herself feel better about herself. She rushed back to their house and got everything off her chest, almost too much. She even talked about their dead son. That left Liesel feeling torn between distress and total mystification.
The third chapter was about Rudy, Tommy Muller, and Frank Deutscher—the irate Hitler Youth leader, about their event in July 1941. Tommy Muller was one of the kids in the neighborhood and had a severe ear infection that also happened to damage his nervous system. Also, his left ear was the most troublesome of the two. It occurred six years earlier when Tommy disappeared for seven hours on one of the coldest days in Munich’s history. The event was on a particular Saturday at the beginning of July, just after three-thirty and a Tommy was having trouble marching correctly. Frank had noticed it and started assaulting him with words while Tommy had trouble responding. Rudy came in and explained that he’s got a problem, but that made things possibly worse. They were both told to run six laps of the ground, do drills, and later swim in the mud. When that was done, Rudy and Tommy went to Liesel and talked about it. Tommy kept on saying that it was his fault, but whenever he did, Rudy would tell him to stay quiet.
The fourth chapter was about stealing. Remember when Arther was still in Molching and the leader of the group? Well, he’s gone now and so a new person was placed in the position. His name was Viktor Chemmel, and there was only one reason why he stole it. He enjoyed it. He lived in the best part of Molching, high up in a villa. So with their new leader, they were on their way to the apple farm. When they reached the destination, the apples had been frail and injured looking, with only a small amount of apples hanging onto the trees, unlike the last time they came. When they were done, Viktor threw a half-eaten apple to the two, and Rudy complained. Viktor put his arms around Rudy’s throat and caused him to bleed from his nose. When Viktor stopped, Liesel took Rudy by his hand and started leaving, but not before Rudy turned around one last time and spat some blood and saliva at Viktor’s feet. “You’ll pay for that at a later date, my friend.” Was what Viktor said. It took him approximately five months to turn his statement into a true one.
The fifth chapter was about Max’s sketches he would draw in the pages of Mein Kampf, painted white. He first planned on writing about his own story, everything that had happened to him—all that led him to a Himmel Street basement. However, it was not what came out, and instead, he decided to write a collection of random thoughts. Some sketches took minutes, and some took hours. One afternoon, after his push-ups and sit-ups, he had fallen asleep against the basement wall. The book was right next to his eyes, as it was a thing for him to keep it close to him at all times. Liesel came down to the basement and curiosity got the better of her. She took the book and opened it. She opened to a page with a sketch of a man (looks like Hitler) and a girl on top of human corpses One of them is saying “Isn’t it a lovely day...” while the Nazi sign shines on the sun.
The sixth chapter was about Liesel and Rudy stealing together. On a particular Wednesday, in late October, Rudy had come back from his Hitler Youth Division drills in the sports field. He met Liesel on the way home and asked if they could do some stealing, with only the two of them. Thus, five days later the plan was put into action. They decided that they go to Grande Strasse, and steal some food from the mayor’s house. But something else was on Liesel’s mind. It was the book, The Whistler, the book she was reading when the mayors were still their client. As Liesel knew the place better, she went in, and Rudy waited as the watcher outside. She climbed in from the window of the room filled with books, where she would often sit around reading books when she would reliever/pick up their clothes. But just then, a person was coming back downstairs. Liesel took the book and rushed out the window. They ran away and headed home. Rudy soon realized that her goal was to get the book, but didn’t get mad. Before they got back to their homes, they said goodbye to each other. Rudy, however, had a good nickname for her. He called her a “book thief”, and Liesel quite liked it.
The seventh chapter was about the three things Rudy got in trouble of, recently; first, stealing a big potato from the Mamer’s, the local grocer, second, taking in Franz Deutscher in Munich Street, and third, skipping the Hitler Youth meetings altogether. The stealing took place in mid-November of 1941. He grabbed the biggest potato on the pile but got caught by the person in charge, Thomas Mamet. Rudy told the man that his family was starving, and her sister needed a new coat. This way, he was hoping the man would feel pity enough for him, and let him go, but Mamer didn’t buy any of that. He kept on suspecting him, until Herr Link, Rudy’s teacher in school stepped in. He tried convincing Mamer, but failed and was Rudy was sent back home without the potato. His second mistake started a few days before the major event, at his daily drill. Like always, Rudy and Tommy were given another comprehensive drill session while the others went inside to learn tactics. Out of nowhere, Franz asked Rudy the birth date of Hitler, and Rudy answered the birth date of Christ instead. Rudy was ordered to run more laps of the field. A few days later, Liesel, Rudy, Tommy, and Tommy’s younger sister Kristina were hanging out when Franz was walking with his friends, right past them. Rudy threw a rock at Franz’s back, and the older boys walked toward their direction. Rudy was beaten up and left with a black eye, unevenly cut hair, and bad pain in his rib cage. This leads us to the third mistake, of Rudy not attending to his Hitler Youth meetings. Sure, he went there a couple of times, the first few times after the incident with Franz, to show him he wasn’t afraid of him. But after a few times, he stopped going completely. Instead, Rudy and Tommy would walk out of town, or along the Amper river, skipping rocks, or heaving enormous rocks into the water. When his parents found out, they first threatened him, but that didn’t work. Then, they begged him to go, but he refused to, again. Eventually, he joined a different division that swayed Rudy in the right direction. Tommy joined too. There, the division specialized in aircraft and flying, and building model airplanes.
The eighth chapter took place at the beginning of December 1941. Rudy and Liesel were walking, and Liesel had The Whistler in her hand, it was a habit of her these days. She liked to feel it in her hand, the smoothness of the spine, or the rough edges of the paper. Suddenly, they found Franz Deutscher walking towards them. They quickly moved toward the river and got away. Until, they found Viktor Chemmel and his friends, walking towards them, this time from the bridge. This time, they couldn’t getaway. The Whistler was grabbed from Liesel’s hands. Although Rudy tried to tell him to stop, and that he would do anything for him, if he gave the book back to Liesel, he didn’t seem to listen. He threw the book into the river. Rudy went into the water and picked up the book. He yet found an opportunity to ask Liesel for a kiss, but she obviously rejected it.
The second chapter was about seven events; The Haircut, The Newspaper, The Weatherman, The Boxer, The New Dream, the Painters, and The Showdown, following up from mid-April 1941 to June 24th, 1941. “The haircut” was about Max asking Rosa if she could possibly cut his hair for him since it was starting to get in his eye. He said it would totally be okay if it turned out uneven, and she agreed. And so the next day, Rosa was searching for her scissors but she couldn’t find it, which is why an argument had erupted between Rosa and Hans. Hearing them argue, Max climbed up from the basement embarrassed, with his own scissors in his hand, and asked if Liesel, the calmest one in the scene, could cut it for him, which she did. The second event, “The newspaper” was in early May, and Liesel was on her way back home from the mayor’s house. On the way, she was lucky enough to pick up a copy of Molching Express on the streets. When she made it home, she would go down to the basement and give Max the paper. On days she was extra lucky, the crossword would be empty, allowing Max to solve it, while Liesel would sit across him and watch. Often, she would also leave him books down there so that he could spare his time reading them. “The Weatherman” was in mid-May when Liesel talked to Max about all the goals she scored playing the soccer game just earlier outside. When Liesel finished talking, Max pleaded for the simplest of simple things, “Could you go up and tell me how the weather looks?” When she came back and told him, he started painting on the wall, of the weather outside, including a drawing of them both in the scene. “The boxer” was at the end of May, and it was basically the explanation of Max’s imagination, of boxing with Hitler, with a German full of audience. In the middle of that, Liesel walked in and gently said, “The crossword, is empty,”. “The New Dream” was a few nights after “The Boxer”. It was afternoon, and Liesel visited the basement to find out Max was halfway through his push-ups. Liesel asked, “For what?” Max correcting her, said “Not for what. For whom.” Max explained he was talking about the Fubrer. And that he imagines every night Hitler walking into the room, fighting him, which eventually, Max wins. “The Painters” was in early June when Liesel went down to the basement after school. She found Rosa, Hans, and Max there, all of which who were painting the pages of Mein Kempf to white. They prepared for the pages of The Word Shaker. “The Slowdown” was on June 24th, two days after Germany invaded Russia, and three days before Britain and the Soviets joined forces. It was another day in the mayor’s house, and Liesel was reading her recent choice of book, The Whistler. When Liesel was about to leave, Isla handed her the book and said to keep it. This was the second time she was told she could keep it. In addition to that, she also received a letter, and Isla said: “I’m sorry. It’s for your mama.” It was to inform them they would no longer be using their service, and Liesel knew it. Their last client was gone and Liesel found herself feeling angry. That was due to the fact that Liesel thought firing Rosa at such times would leave them poorer than ever, meaning they didn’t watch out for them after all. In addition, she thought the book was given to her so Isla could make herself feel better about herself. She rushed back to their house and got everything off her chest, almost too much. She even talked about their dead son. That left Liesel feeling torn between distress and total mystification.
The third chapter was about Rudy, Tommy Muller, and Frank Deutscher—the irate Hitler Youth leader, about their event in July 1941. Tommy Muller was one of the kids in the neighborhood and had a severe ear infection that also happened to damage his nervous system. Also, his left ear was the most troublesome of the two. It occurred six years earlier when Tommy disappeared for seven hours on one of the coldest days in Munich’s history. The event was on a particular Saturday at the beginning of July, just after three-thirty and a Tommy was having trouble marching correctly. Frank had noticed it and started assaulting him with words while Tommy had trouble responding. Rudy came in and explained that he’s got a problem, but that made things possibly worse. They were both told to run six laps of the ground, do drills, and later swim in the mud. When that was done, Rudy and Tommy went to Liesel and talked about it. Tommy kept on saying that it was his fault, but whenever he did, Rudy would tell him to stay quiet.
The fourth chapter was about stealing. Remember when Arther was still in Molching and the leader of the group? Well, he’s gone now and so a new person was placed in the position. His name was Viktor Chemmel, and there was only one reason why he stole it. He enjoyed it. He lived in the best part of Molching, high up in a villa. So with their new leader, they were on their way to the apple farm. When they reached the destination, the apples had been frail and injured looking, with only a small amount of apples hanging onto the trees, unlike the last time they came. When they were done, Viktor threw a half-eaten apple to the two, and Rudy complained. Viktor put his arms around Rudy’s throat and caused him to bleed from his nose. When Viktor stopped, Liesel took Rudy by his hand and started leaving, but not before Rudy turned around one last time and spat some blood and saliva at Viktor’s feet. “You’ll pay for that at a later date, my friend.” Was what Viktor said. It took him approximately five months to turn his statement into a true one.
The fifth chapter was about Max’s sketches he would draw in the pages of Mein Kampf, painted white. He first planned on writing about his own story, everything that had happened to him—all that led him to a Himmel Street basement. However, it was not what came out, and instead, he decided to write a collection of random thoughts. Some sketches took minutes, and some took hours. One afternoon, after his push-ups and sit-ups, he had fallen asleep against the basement wall. The book was right next to his eyes, as it was a thing for him to keep it close to him at all times. Liesel came down to the basement and curiosity got the better of her. She took the book and opened it. She opened to a page with a sketch of a man (looks like Hitler) and a girl on top of human corpses One of them is saying “Isn’t it a lovely day...” while the Nazi sign shines on the sun.
The sixth chapter was about Liesel and Rudy stealing together. On a particular Wednesday, in late October, Rudy had come back from his Hitler Youth Division drills in the sports field. He met Liesel on the way home and asked if they could do some stealing, with only the two of them. Thus, five days later the plan was put into action. They decided that they go to Grande Strasse, and steal some food from the mayor’s house. But something else was on Liesel’s mind. It was the book, The Whistler, the book she was reading when the mayors were still their client. As Liesel knew the place better, she went in, and Rudy waited as the watcher outside. She climbed in from the window of the room filled with books, where she would often sit around reading books when she would reliever/pick up their clothes. But just then, a person was coming back downstairs. Liesel took the book and rushed out the window. They ran away and headed home. Rudy soon realized that her goal was to get the book, but didn’t get mad. Before they got back to their homes, they said goodbye to each other. Rudy, however, had a good nickname for her. He called her a “book thief”, and Liesel quite liked it.
The seventh chapter was about the three things Rudy got in trouble of, recently; first, stealing a big potato from the Mamer’s, the local grocer, second, taking in Franz Deutscher in Munich Street, and third, skipping the Hitler Youth meetings altogether. The stealing took place in mid-November of 1941. He grabbed the biggest potato on the pile but got caught by the person in charge, Thomas Mamet. Rudy told the man that his family was starving, and her sister needed a new coat. This way, he was hoping the man would feel pity enough for him, and let him go, but Mamer didn’t buy any of that. He kept on suspecting him, until Herr Link, Rudy’s teacher in school stepped in. He tried convincing Mamer, but failed and was Rudy was sent back home without the potato. His second mistake started a few days before the major event, at his daily drill. Like always, Rudy and Tommy were given another comprehensive drill session while the others went inside to learn tactics. Out of nowhere, Franz asked Rudy the birth date of Hitler, and Rudy answered the birth date of Christ instead. Rudy was ordered to run more laps of the field. A few days later, Liesel, Rudy, Tommy, and Tommy’s younger sister Kristina were hanging out when Franz was walking with his friends, right past them. Rudy threw a rock at Franz’s back, and the older boys walked toward their direction. Rudy was beaten up and left with a black eye, unevenly cut hair, and bad pain in his rib cage. This leads us to the third mistake, of Rudy not attending to his Hitler Youth meetings. Sure, he went there a couple of times, the first few times after the incident with Franz, to show him he wasn’t afraid of him. But after a few times, he stopped going completely. Instead, Rudy and Tommy would walk out of town, or along the Amper river, skipping rocks, or heaving enormous rocks into the water. When his parents found out, they first threatened him, but that didn’t work. Then, they begged him to go, but he refused to, again. Eventually, he joined a different division that swayed Rudy in the right direction. Tommy joined too. There, the division specialized in aircraft and flying, and building model airplanes.
The eighth chapter took place at the beginning of December 1941. Rudy and Liesel were walking, and Liesel had The Whistler in her hand, it was a habit of her these days. She liked to feel it in her hand, the smoothness of the spine, or the rough edges of the paper. Suddenly, they found Franz Deutscher walking towards them. They quickly moved toward the river and got away. Until, they found Viktor Chemmel and his friends, walking towards them, this time from the bridge. This time, they couldn’t getaway. The Whistler was grabbed from Liesel’s hands. Although Rudy tried to tell him to stop, and that he would do anything for him, if he gave the book back to Liesel, he didn’t seem to listen. He threw the book into the river. Rudy went into the water and picked up the book. He yet found an opportunity to ask Liesel for a kiss, but she obviously rejected it.
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