What My Characters Are.

Liesel Meminger would be a Honey Bee

Liesel is a shy child in the public eye, but she is truly a nice and hard working bee when it comes down to books. She works as hard as a bee because she would spend nights learning words and how to speak, write, and read with her foster dad, Hans Hubermann. From midnight to 4 am where they would fight to keep their eyelids up. And even in rationing and tough times, she looks at a Jewish refugee in a good light in Germany during WW2. She even has daily conversations with the Jew, talking about their dead relatives and nightmares. Although she can be sweet,  she also stings; she has been known to be violent in her school, in the beginning of the book, the story tells how Liesel took on a boy who laughed at her for not being able to read and beat him until a teacher had to pull her off of him.

Hans Hubermann: A Worn Stool

Hans Hubermann, the story describes his past with his cranky wife, Rosa Hubermann, and his life as a soldier for Germany during World War 1 who thanks his Jewish comrade for his survival which sets him on a trip to attempt to forgive himself for this fault he believed killed his Jewish comrade. And after that, he has to suffer the criticism of from his own son, a devote Nazi, who wasn't happy that Hans hasn't joined the Nazi Party. And from his tough life history, he continues to stay as a foster parent who helps little girls like Liesel live in the way they do now. 

"You wanted to be the hero, now you got to pay the price."

-Electro

Rudy Steiner: Spiderman

A small hero, smart talks his way into and out of a situation, including his attempts to get a kiss from Liesel Meminger. On the street when he plays soccer with the other kids, it includes the fact that he is the "best" player on the street, like Spiderman is the "best" in the streets of New York. And half way into the book, Death reveals that Rudy will die, most likely because of his character of taking risks like Peter Parker, both who "wanted to be the hero" and "had to pay the price". Rudy paid the price of his own life, and Peter paid it by the death of his friends. Rudy continues to chase a girl, Liesel Meminger, and is small, yet feisty, as Death, the narrator, describes him. He is like a small little child, hoping to be a hero, in the great big world, like a spider is in the great big world it is in.