Liesl on Himmel Street (Hon English 1A)

Liesel just moved in with new foster parents that live on Himmel (Heaven) Street. As Death explains, this is much of a joke to anyone who lives on Himmel because it is far from any kind of Heaven. Quite often, the Nazi troops march through the street, as a type of parade, being cheered and adored by the Nazi supporters, and clapped to slowly by the Jewish side of the street. Death often pulls the reader out of the story to give his own opinion or to describe something that relates to the story.

" **A PHOTO OF HIMMEL STREET**

The buildings appear to be glued together, mostly small houses

 and apartment blocks that look nervous.

 There is murky snow spread out like carpet.

There is concrete, empty hat-stand trees, and gray air. "

 

This excerpt from Death tells me that it is a very compact street, and too small for the number of people that live there. When Death says that the apartment blocks looked nervous, that implies that everything is falling apart and it almost is trying to hide itself from something bigger. Himmel Street sounds like a dark, gloomy, and an unhappy place to live. The kids that live there don't really seem to notice, except for Liesl. She knows that there is something going on, due to her foster Papa leaving everynight with just his accordian case, and then coming back late every night.

 

 

My questions:

 

Where does Papa go every night?

 

When are Liesl's opinions on the Nazis?

 

What will the relationship between Liesl & Rudy turn out to be?