The Cardplayer/The Snows of Stalingrad/The Agless Brother/The Accident (p. 463-478)

There is death everywhere.
"The Cardplayer" only prefaces a death, this one of Reinhold Zucker. This two-paged section went over what happened at the LSE. This was when Hans Hubbermann won multiple consecutive games of cards and won many cigarettes. Hans was a very generous man, and because of that he gave one cigarette for each colleague that lost and even light it for them. If it wasn't for Reinhold losing his cigarettes, he would have still lived and Hans would have died.
"The Snows of Stalingrad" included Michael Holtzapfel, the son of Frau Holzapfel (shocker). Michael comes back with three less fingers, and news that Robert, his brother, was dead. Robert died in a torn-up hospital, without anything past his knees. He stayed in that hospital after he was brought there for three days, which was a considerable amount of time to live without your legs. It was sad, really, to feel what everyone did when they heard the news, even though Robert was just introduced.
"The Ageless Brother" referred to Liesel's dreams, visions, and nightly imagination. This included her brother, Max, Hans, and Rudy. I found this to assist in my knowledge of Liesel's imagination, as it shows it to be just recreating what happened, and not coming up with radically different things like dragons.
"The Accident" was a near-death experience for Hans Hubermann, and a death for Reinhold Zucker. This was because of a truck accident for the LSE, as the wheel blew and the entire truck flipped over. This resulted in multiple injuries, including the rather miraculous career-ending broken leg. This caused him to be dismissed from the LSE, with the help of a sergeant that rather appreciated Hans. This meant that Hans was free from the LSE, but he had to work back in the city (oh no what a disaster).

The Anarchist's Suit Collection/The Next Temptation (p. 452-462)

Rudy and Liesel are at it again! In "The Anarchist's Suit Collection", Liesel and Rudy steal from a place where they haven't stolen before - Rudy's dad's shop. This was around Christmas 1942. With the lack of fathers on both sides, they were able to steal from Rudy' father's shop. After some looking around for some presents for Rudy, Liesel came upon a navy blue suit, about Rudy's size. This was Rudy's Christmas gift. I found this to be very useful in character development, especially when you look at the beginning of the book until now. At the beginning of the book, Liesel showed evasive behavior towards Rudy, and now she is willing to help him take things from his father's shop as a gift.
"The Next Temptation" was about Liesel stealing books from the mayor's library again. This time, after deciding on a book, The Last Human Stranger, Liesel was on her way out as the mayor's wife entered the library. After exchanging awkward greetings, they discussed shortly about what the library was. It turns out that this was where Ilsa used to read to her son, before he died. This also was a major point in character development for Ilsa, because, compared to the earlier parts of the book, Ilsa was very quiet, even detached. Now, it seems that Ilsa is much more confident, and is willing to be friendly to Liesel even after what happened.

Peace/The Idiot and the Coat Men/Dominoes and Darkness/The Thought of Rudy Naked (p. 397-415)

These were four interesting sections of the book.
"Peace" included Max leaving the Hubbermann household, without a word of goodbye. I found this to be heartbreaking as it left a lacking sense of closure to the Max Vandenburg story. This was also because Max and Liesel were close, and yet he left without a single word.
"The Idiot and the Coat Men" just involved a ton of stress on Papa. This was because of two things. Max leaving without a word, and the fact that Hans had just recently helped a Jew in front of Germans. Everyday Papa stressed about people coming for him, looking for punishment for helping the Jew. He also hoped that he would see Max again, just to help him as well as say goodbyes. These two things never happened. This relived some of my stress that Hans was going to be taken away.
"Dominoes and Darkness" included a great stress on the Steiner household. This was because the two men in the coats came and wanted to recruit Rudy, as the fragments of the story tells the reader. Rudy would have gone with them, if it wasn't for the fact that he was in the other room playing with dominoes.
"The Thought of Rudy Naked" included weird things that I will not talk about.

Frau Holtzapfel's Offer/The Long Walk to Dachau (p. 385-396)

"Frau Holtzapfel's Offer" was interesting, as it portrayed Frau Holzapfel's interest in books, more specifically, The Whistler. I found this to be very interesting, as she is willing to trade Rosa coffee to hear the rest of the story originally read aloud during the bomb raid. Frau Holtzapfel is shown to really appreciate the book, and she is willing to trade limited resources to hear it.
"The Long Walk to Dachau" included the many Jews that were killed for what they were, and in this case, publicly. This I found to be very dehumanizing, which was most likely the intent. In the process, an old man was pushed along the line of soon-to-be-dead Jews, and Papa felt sympathy for the Jew, and gave him bread. This was probably the worst idea he could have come up with, because this got the Jew and Papa whipped several times. This was pretty emotional for me, as this was how all Jews were treated at the time, as well as anyone who was "imperfect".

The Visitor/The Schmunzeler/Death's Diary: The Parisians (p. 339-350)

That was a rather interesting turn of events. As Liesel is playing soccer in the fields, she gets informed that the men looking through houses down the street are members of the NSDAP, looking for possible bunkers for future air strikes. Thinking quickly, she decides to run into one of the bigger players, as a way to get home without being suspicious. I think this was a wonderful idea, especially when you take into account the fact that she had about 30 seconds to think about this. After the injury, she managed to attract attention from all around, including the man inspecting the streets. This was when Liesel said she needed to get home, and, as always, Rudy steps in to help her. This is probably his downfall. Somehow, Liesel convinces Rudy that she does not need to be taken home by anyone, but instead Rudy should get Hans Hubberman, which I thought to be very impressive, considering how stubborn Rudy is. When Hans got there, he takes Liesel home, only to find that the NSDAP are coming to search basements. Hans then tries to formulate a plan to get Max into the bedroom unnoticed, and hopefully survive. This plan fails immediately because the man knocks at the door as he finishes the idea. He quickly comes up with a new idea, which was to do nothing. I think the quick and unique way everyone does things in this family is very amazing, because not only do they come up with unique ideas, but the ideas are also very effective yet minimal. The man then proceeds to search the basement, somehow not noticing Max, and then leaves. This was very intense and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
Following this series of events, comes Rudy. Immediately after the searching of the house, Rudy comes along just to continue to keep me on the edge of my seat. This was because of the way Markus wrote this part, as it just said "another knocker", instead of something like "then came Rudy" or "someone unimportant knocked at the door". Rudy arrives and proceeds to check on Liesel, to which she said she was okay and closing the door on Rudy.
"Death's Diary: The Parisians" was not fully comprehensible to me, as it dealt too much with abstract concepts that I could not grasp, but I got that there was more death as well as cold and shivering Jewish souls.

Thirteen Presents/Fresh Air.../Death's Diary: Cologne (p. 317-338)

Well I'm fairly happy. Max is back, maybe not in his best condition, but back nevertheless. Before he had awoken, Liesel had not only left thirteen presents beside his bed, but she also read to him twice every day until she finished The Whistler, and had to go get a new one. I found this to be very revealing of her personality, as she is very invested and devoted to what she does.
"Fresh Air..." was where Liesel stole another book, with Rudy (apparently he's not dead yet), to read to Max (Rudy still doesn't know). After this, Rosa ended up coming to Liesel's school, and told her that Max has awoken. This was wonderful, for me to know that Max had not actually passed yet, and this will spur me on to read the rest of this story.
"Death's Diary: Cologne" includes death, death EVERYWHERE. This involves the bombing of a city, leveling it. There was so much death in three pages, and I have to say that this gave a very excellent and short description of what was going through everyone's (who lived) heads.

The Floating Book/Death's Diary/The Snowman (p. 300-316)

It turns out Rudy did die from hypothermia. This was, at least, my take on what happened in " The Floating Book (Part II)". As previously brought up, Rudy had died in the Amper river, with The Whistler in hand. 

I'm not entirely sure how to react to the beginning of "Death's Diary: 1942." I mean, the scythe and the bony features I knew was not really a thing, but, then, Death points out that to find what he looks like, and it turns out all you needed to do was to look in a mirror. (This confirmed an earlier theory of mine that Death was human, but that's besides the point) In this section, Death further reveals his/her/it's personality, and I realize that Death is stuck with the job, and usually just the clean-up for whatever happens. 

"The Snowman" was were Max fell ill. Very ill. This was all because of a two-foot tall snowman, and a short snowball fight. All of which ended with a very sick Max, and a horrible situation to be in. Let's hope Max survives whatever it is he is up against.