Esssaaaaayyyy

So since I missed a couple of days I decided to post my essay to make it look like I wrote lot. So here it is!!! Rudy Steiner was 10 years old when he made his appearance in The Book Thief. He was young, immature, cocky, and selfish. Yet 500 pages later he was much, much different. He grows up, goes through immense pain, and learns to deal with the sorrow he has felt. Rudy changes and matures because of the hardships he has to overcome throughout his life. When Rudy met Liesel, he began to show toughness and dignity to impress her. This was first shown on page 47, where Rudy is about to take a free kick. He encourages Liesel to stay in goal to show her how tough he can be by attempting to score on her. This also shows on page 54, where Rudy dares Liesel to race him. If he won, Liesel had to give him a kiss. It was then that Rudy made it self-evident that he had a crush on Liesel as well as that he felt the need to step up his game to impress her. When Rudy was sent to the Hitler Youth Group, he began to get a lot stronger and more serious. This becomes evident on page 268, where his friend Tommy doesn’t hear the instruction to halt at a Hitler Youth meeting. When he begins to get in trouble, Rudy steps in to defend him, only to get punished along with him. This also comes to show when he encounters his Hitler Youth leader Franz Deutscher on page 295 and decides to throw a rock at him. When Deutscher spun around, he immediately knocked Rudy to the ground and began to cut his hair. All these incidences made Rudy stronger as well as more mature. When Rudy’s dad goes off to war, he begins to grow a soft and loving side, apart from his usually tough attitude. This first occurs on page 409, when Nazi Soldiers ask for Rudy to join in a specialized group in the name of the Führer. When the Steiners refuse, Alex, Rudy’s dad, says he will take his place. Yet Rudy doesn’t show any signs of sadness or anger until page 426, where Rudy begins to walk to “kill the Führer.” But Liesel came with him, and she soon convinced him otherwise. This also shows on page 455, where Rudy and Liesel sneak into his dad’s suit shop. As Rudy is trying on a suit, he began to fall to the floor laughing. But soon, the tears of laughter turned to tears of sadness as he realizes how much he misses his father. That is how Rudy grew a loving side to his “tough guy” attitude. Rudy changes and matures throughout the book because of the many hardships and consequences he has to deal with in his life. Liesel brought out the tough and dignified side of him. Franz Deutscher and the Hitler Youth group made him stronger and more mature. Finally, when his dad leaves for war Rudy develops the most important feeling of all; Love. Those are just a few of the major moments that happened in Rudy’s life, as well as how he changed because of them. Thank You. So thatwas my essay. I hoped you enjoyed it. A lot more posts will be coming out very soon so hang tight! Bye.