The Lover, The Mood

- Some facts about Rudy Steiner -
'He was eight months older than Liesel and had bony legs, sharp teeth, gangly blue eyes, and hair the color of a lemon. One of the six Steiner children, he was permanently hungry. On Himmel Street, he was considered a little crazy. This was on account of an event that was rarely spoken about but widely regarded as "The Jesse Owens incident," in which he painted himself charcoal black and ran the 100 meters at the local playing field one night.' - pg 48

Rudy Steiner seems to be one if not the only friend Liesel has at the moment. He is very loyal and is always there for Liesel. He supports her and defends her from the other guys. but her likes Liesel more than just a friends. He really likes her but she in not interested in have s romantic relationship with him. 

*** THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN ***
             A BOY WHO HATES YOU
                  A boy who loves you.   
                            -pg 52

Rudy loves her, but she doesn't feel the same for him. She only likes him as a friend. He knows that but her isn't giving up on her. He has tried and asked for kiss a numerous amounts of time, but she refuse every single time. He knows what she wants and he will learn how to accept that. But nevertheless, they are still good friends and she doesn't want to loose her friendship with him. 

'Yes, it was white.
It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it had pulled it on, the way you pull on a sweater. Next to the train line, footprints were sunken to their shins. Trees wore blankets of ice. As you might expect, someone had died. - pg 6'
The mood is very dreary. Liesel has lost another part of her family, the same day that she is leaving her birth mother to go and live with her new foster parents. She was suppose to live with her foster parents with her brother, but that is no longer the case. Liesels birth mother is very upset by this and Liesel is devastated and heart-broken. She is having nightmares about her brother and her mother. The place where they buried her brother is the same place where Liesel stole her first book. The gravediggers handbook. It is the only connection with her bother she has. That'd why she keeps the book so close to her. It has a deeper meaning than just a book.