History:

Time;

The book is set during the world war 2 era which took place between 1939-1942 during which time Germany was ruled by the Nazi party.

Place: the story mainly takes part in Germany in a fictional location that is called Molching.

Marcus Zusak uses a fiction town called Molching in his novel to illustrate different effects. The reason that Marcus uses different

Social Setting

“‘I know, son- but you’ve got beautiful blond hair and big, safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that, is that clear?’ But nothing was clear.”-Rudy’s father

During world war 2 Germany was ran under the control of Nazi. The aim of Hitler during this course of time was to filter the German race to selectively improve the society. Under Hitlers regime he used the idea of eugenics to manipulate the nation into believing he is improving the living of the ‘ideal German’. By favoring a particular group of people it gives them incentive to support his notion. Markus Zusak illustrates the idea of Hitlers eugenics in a conversation between Rudy and his father. “‘I know, son- but you’ve got beautiful blond hair and big, safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that, is that clear?’ But nothing was clear.” As Rudy ‘blond hair and big, safe blue eyes’