“The Standover Man."

      Liesel and Max Vanderburg are spending alot of time together. They have alot of things in common, the both have nightmares, they both are kind of lost, and they both love to read. Max has been staying with the Hubermans' for a few weeks now, he stays in the basement. He helps liesel read and write, they are friends. Liesel was scared of him at first but now she sees' they are alot a like.

"The Stand over Man"

      On Liesels' birthday Hanns' and Rosa have very little money and can't afford a present for her but she does not care. Then Max gives her a book it's called, "The Stand over Man". It's a book about Liesel and Max about their friendship. Max made the book from the pages of Mein Kampf,(My Struggle) an autobiography based on Adolf Hitlers' life and "struggle." Max rips out the pages and paints over them in white then he takes a small black paintbrush and draws and writes his story.

      The book starts off by saying, "all my life I've been scared, of men standing over me"(Zusak,224). The book tells about Max and Walters' friendship when he was younger. It then goes on to say that "years later he had to hide. I tired not to sleep, I was afraid of who would be there when I woke up". (Zusak,225). He was lucky cause when he was hiding he was always awoke to his friend, Walter. In Maxs' book he goes on by saying that when he was hiding he dreamed of a certain man and traveled to find him (Hanns Huberman). Like I told you earlier about Max and Liesel having things in common, one of those things is they're night terrors. In  Maxs' book he describes staying in the basement and having night terrors and waking up to a girl standing over him to say, "tell me what you dream of."  They told each other of their dreams and because of this they became friends.
      The conclusion of the book is Max saying the best stand over man he's known was not a man at all, hes' saying it was Liesel. Basically Max and Liesel become good friends they start sharing their past life experiences and of course they're night terrors.
      I think the significance of this book is Max and Liesels' new found friendship it part of him that he's giving to her, and kind of telling his story. Max is opening up to Liesel I think as the book goes on Liesel and Max will become friends and like family. so keep reading and I'll let you know.

                         Works cited
Zusak, Markus. "The book thief". New York. :Alfred A.
     Knopf,2005.Print.