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Morality in The Book Thief

          The book thief shows many morals in all of the characters, because it took place in such a hard time these morals are easy to see. Each character has their own values that guide their lives and growing up during WWI and WWII, where there is so much hate, each characters have their own values they are easy to see in their everyday actions. For Liesel it is the way that she refuses to judge people or single them out because they might be different. Rudy, Liesel's friend,  shows his morals in a way that proves he knows that after a certain number of times, taking things that are not yours is wrong. Hans Hubberman, Liesel's adoptive father,  proves that his morals when he rejects the Nazi party and hides a Jew, Max, in his basement, he believes that he owes a friend and that because he helped him then Hans should help his family.

          Liesel Meminger believes in people being equal. As one of her morals she does not understand why, especially Hitler, people do not like each other because of who they are or what they believe in. When she discovers that her parents were communists and taken away by Hitler to the concentration camps she does not believe it or understand why, and she never gives up on trying to find her mother and never stops writing. She also does not understand why Hitler does not like the Jews and singles them out, she likes Max and when he stays with her she enjoys talking to him and reading to him. Liesel’s morals show how she believes that everyone is equal and should be treated that way.

          Rudy Steiner believes in standing up for his friends, like Tommy Mueller, when anyone tried to make fun of him because of his stutter Rudy stood up to them because he knew that pointing out other’s flaws in a mocking tone is wrong. Also he knows that stealing is wrong, he has only done it a few times and he knows when it is time to stop or it is too far. When he stole a potato from the grocery store he only took one because he had nothing else to eat, but when Liesel wanted to steal from the boy on the bike again Rudy stopped her because he knew that taking food from him a second time because it was easy would be the wrong thing to do.

          Hans Hubberman is a kind and decent man with excellent life morals. He disagreed with Hitler from the beginning when he started to target Jews. He did not believe that a certain race should be targeted and for that reason waited until a later point until he signed up for the Nazi Party, also why he never showed that much support for Hitler, when he bought a copy of Mein Kampf he bought a very old and used copy and never read it. Hans Hubberman strongly disagreed with Hitler’s views because it was a Jew who saved his life. During WWI in one of the battles, Han’s friend volunteered him to stay back and write letters for the general and on that day everyone died besides Hans because he was left at camp. He was always grateful to his friend, Erik Vandenberg, because he believed he saved his life and, with his morals guiding him, he told Erik’s wife that if she ever needed anything that he could help and he did help in the later years when Erik’s son, Max, went to Hans to hide from the Nazi’s in the Hubberman’s basement.

         

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Personal Compass

Personal Compass

Everyone has their own values in life that help guide them through their decisions, their own personal compass. My personal compass is made up of four main points; love, dreams, friends, and my past. All four of these things connect to my life statement, “Life is the sum of all your choices”, in different ways.

            Love is one of the most important things. People who can love and get along without fighting with each other can get the most out of their lives. When people are not worrying about hating others and focus on just getting on then life becomes so much easier. If everyone can get along time is not wasted over wondering, who hates who and why others do not get along. Life is the sum of all your choices and if you choose to hate people and not accept love into your life then it makes it harder to get through. With love people do not have to worry about fights and little things that cause problems, but have no weight and meaning to them.

            Dreams are one of the most important things to have in life. They give you something to look forward to and to work for. Dreams are the thing that you live your life for, you make all of your choices so that the sum can equal your dreams. Without dreams your life can have no purpose and you just live everyday with nothing to do or hope for. Dreams are one of the points on my personal compass because I like the feeling of having something to look forward to and something to give me hope of the future being brighter.

            Friends are one of the main points of my compass because friends can help you through anything. Throughout your life they help you through all of your problems any mistakes and they are always there to have your back. Your friends are the people that you can always rely on through anything. When you need help with making choices that affect your life or just any choices that can have any pull in your life you can rely on your friends to help you through it and give you the best advice. And if those choices turn out for the worse then you still have your friends there to help you and make the wrong that you have done right and better.

            Finally my past is one of the other major points in my personal compass. Even though it is your past and you are taught to look to the future, your past teaches you about any past mistakes and helps you in guiding future decisions. All of your decisions are made in the past so that when you take the sum of all of your choices looking into the past can help you discover which choices were right for you and which ones might have been mistakes. Your past is one of the most important things to live your life by because it is what helps you learn and know what you should do in the future.

The Definition of Morality

Morality is something to be questioned, not many people can say right away with it with a straight definition. Morals teach about responsibility and respect for others, also they give you the knowledge to know right from wrong. Morals are something that you gain throughout life as you grow up from your surroundings. Morals are learned from surroundings, for example Disney channel movies. Children grow up watching them at parties, with their families, or even at school, each of these movies have different morals and life lessons that are very important for children to learn about life. Pinocchio teaches that lying is wrong, Cinderella teaches that you can come from nothing, but still be something, Aladdin shows that wealth does not matter and to not be someone you are not, Little Mermaid proves that you can live the life the way you want to live it and follow your dreams, and Cars teaches children to help others, and put others needs before your own. The morals that children learn when they are young are very important and it is necessary to teach them that some people start to lose their morals as they grow older and they do not have the constant reminder of what is right and wrong or without their parents reminding them and giving them examples. In the song Put Your Lights On by Santana the lyrics tell how when children grow older and into adults they lose their morals and they need to remember them and it is important to learn early how important they are and how important they are to keep.