family

[alexhammond]

Did Hans and Rosa and Max provide the family support she was lacking? How did her new family provide for her better than her original family? How did they provide worse? 

[Kaylee Buntyn]

Before Liesel came to Hans and Rosa it was her, her mother and her sickly brother. Hans and Rosa basically gave her a second chance to have a supportive family. Her new parents put her in school, Hans even tutored her extra. Rosa was harsh because in some light she did care. I think they provided worse although by living in a community where they knew things were getting bad and they didn't really do anything about it for themselves. There household was probably a better place to finish growing up in then a camp of some sort for communists, which is where she would've most likely gone had her mother not given her up.

[charlottepetryy]

Hans, Rosa, and Max provided love and support for Liesel. Max and her could relate with each other and was a brotherly figure to her, Hans was her biggest supporter and taught her how to read, and Rosa gave tough love but deep down truly cared about Liesel. Her new family loved her and taught her much more than from her old family. If her brother hadn't died her life would be completely different and she most likely wouldn't have the same kind of relationships as she ended up having. I don't think her family could have provided her worse than her original family because her mother would have been taken away and she would have been stuck in a bad situation.