Words are more influential than thoughts. They are crafted and woven around the lives of every individual. Words have a powerful impact on how one interprets things, feels, and how one person can lead another person to feel. Written by Markus Zusak, "The Book Thief" is about a foster girl, Liesel Meminger, who lives in Nazi Germany and "scratches out a meagre existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she cannot resist: books" (Goodreads). As she matures and becomes a more critical thinker, she comes to understand that language can be both a dangerous weapon of control, as with the Nazi propaganda, and a gift that enables her to broaden her worldview. She evolves from a powerless to a powerful character that deeply empathizes with the voiceless through the books she steals, reads, and writes. Expressing the central theme of the novel, Zusak reveals the power of words “its beauty and ugliness“ through its impact on the characters, especially on Liesel. The right setting is extremely important in order to develop and convey the theme. The novel is set during the World War II where Adolf Hitler uses charismatic speeches to hypnotize people. Before the war, Hitler and the Nazi party pass laws to effectively legalize the crimes they are committing and the crimes they intend to commit. They manipulate words to involve the German people to carry out the Holocaust. Molching, where most of the actions in the book take place, is introduced as a place where Hitler develops the idea to rule the world, and as "the birthplace of Nazism" (Zusak 199). Hitler uses his words to strike fear into the hearts of many. He does not require any sort of gun or military weapon to be feared; with his words, he is able to cause the death of millions. During the Nazi regime, the Jews and other groups are spoken of in dehumanizing terms, referred to as "a world plague," and represented as dangerous to society. "Anything [is] better than being a Jew" (Zusak 161). One particular character that is affected by the words of Hitler is Max Vandenberg. Max is a fist fighter Jew whose life is saved by his Aryan friend, Walter. But in order to survival, he leaves his family behind and later finds out that the Nazis have taken them away to a concentration camp. Before he is saved by the Hubermann family, "he remains in hiding, in an empty storeroom. There [is] very little food and plenty of suspicion" (Zusak 194). Even after the Hubermanns hide him in the basement, he still lives in constant fear that the Nazis can always find him and take him away. The Hubermanns, like many other Germans, do not know the real intention of Hitler for the Jews until the war ends. "The Book Thief" illustrates evidently how Hitler uses words to manipulate the minds and to bring despair to the characters. As for those who are called by Hitler "the pure Aryans," some of them find comfort and true leadership in his words, but others suffer because of his words. At the beginning of the plot, Liesel Meminger finds Hitler fascinating, but she starts to recognize the misery his words bring to her. During the time that her younger brother, Werner, is dying, Liesel dreams of Hitler and is mesmerized by the flow of words