In source # 1, 'The Book Thief', One example of rebellion against societal expectations is when the main character, Liesel Meminger, begins to smuggle books. She finds a fascination with learning how to read and write after finding the "Gravedigger's Handbook" during her brother's funeral. Once she finds out that using books can help with her learning and understanding, there's no turning back for her. The only problem is that it's almost close to impossible to get her new books. With the times being rough and the constant conflict in the outside world (WWII and Hitler's Reign), everything's preventing her from this goal. She entrusts in her foster father, Hans Hubermann, when he begins helping her with her studies at night, and even more when …show more content…
In the article it states, "With the revelation that he was an escaped slave, Douglass became fearful of possible re-enslavement and fled to Great Britain and stayed there for two years, giving lectures in support of the antislavery movement in America." This shows that not only did he run away from oppression but he managed to live and work to buy his own freedom and success and while doing so he managed to show others that even with the freedom, there is persecution. This ties with my understanding of the Book Thief because of the fact that like Frederick, Max also flees and hides in order to try to find a way to live freely.
In source #3 the Milgram obedience study shows that if certain people are being put to do things from an authoritative voice, even without mistreatment, then half of those who will listen will most likely cause harm without realization. Those who will consider stopping will be seen as someone who takes pity on others and when there is a chance to make a choice, then they will listen to themselves and trust their instinct to stop. Just like the experiment subject, Hans Hubermann took pity on Max and decided to rebel against an authoritative voice, in this case, Hitler, and found it in himself to help out the