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.

The Whistler and the Shoes/Three Acts of Stupidity (p. 283-299)

In these sections, Rudy gets himself into even more trouble. Why? This just seems to be what Rudy naturally does. These all add up to be something horrible, but what it is is not known. In the first section, he and Liesel work together to steal a book, with some deception involved on Liesel's side. This is also where Liesel steals The Whistler, and where she earns her title of the book thief, given to her by Rudy.
"The Three Acts of Stupidity" was by far one of the worst things Rudy could have done in this book. First he steals the biggest potato from the grocer, then messing with Franz Deutscher on the street, and just missing Hitler Youth. Stealing the potato involved a lot of determination and courage on Rudy's side, considering he "stole" it right in front of the grocer as well as got away with it with nothing more than a boot to the back. As for the incident with Franz, things did not go so well. Showing Rudy's impulsiveness as well as his hate for Franz, he threw a rock at him while he was walking down the street. This ended up with broken ribs, a black eye, and a haircut. Missing out on Hitler Youth gave him the opportunity to move to a different division, this one being Flieger Division, which was for flight. This was good because of the lack of Franz Deutscher, which may lead to an improvement in Rudy's behavior.

The Floating Book/The Gamblers/Rudy's Youth (p. 241-271)

Wow. This first section really wowed me and really affected my mood. Just to start of part five, one of the characters, Rudy,  is dead. This was the first one in the book since, as far as I know, Liesel's brother. Death hints that Rudy died in the cold Amper River, and as you would conclude, from hypothermia. Instead, Death hints that he died from a bomb, as it says in "his dusty, bomb-hit lips." This two-page section ended with "Even death has a heart." Which I found to say that Death has some emotion, or that Death was once human. 

"The Gamblers" started with the fact that the previous section was the ending of the book, which, is the worst thing you could do to someone reading a book they are very immersed in. Death follows up with the fact that mystery bores him/her/it, as Death does not seem to want to do what is not necessary. This section continued to show what happened during Max's stay with the Hubbermans. What happens comes in a seven-sided die. The seven sides are as follows:

1. The Haircut:Mid-April 1941
2. The Newspaper: Early May
3. The Weatherman: Mid-May
4. The Boxer: End of May
5. The New Dream: A Few Nights Later
6. The Painters: Early June
7. The Showdown: June 24

Even if these seven don't sound like much, it covers so many different things, and from April to June. All of these involve Max, and all of which range from "cute" to "I should stop reading or I'm going to cry".

"Rudy's Youth" was a section focused on Rudy Steiner and Tommy Müller. It mostly goes over how Tommy acquired his ear infection, and the result of it. This section also included Rudy and his tendency to get dragged into situations, good of bad. 

Pages from the Basement (p. 223-238)

So Max did get Liesel a birthday gift. This I found to be very profound start to the friendship between Liesel and Max. In this section, Max creates for Liesel a book, The Standover Man. He creates this book using pages from Mein Kampf, the one item that saved his life on multiple occasions. This showed how much Max values the relationship between him and Liesel, willing to risk his safety to make this girl happy. In addition to this, the attention to detail with this section is wonderful. The pages of The Standover Man were so detailed at one point I thought my book had leaked through. This gave me a high sense of immersion, leading me to enjoy this book even more than I currently do.

The Swapping of Nightmares (p. 207-222)

This section was a rather emotional one for me. It covered Max and the first part of his stay at the Hubermanns. During this period, I found that Max was treated in such animalistic ways that he does not think he deserves anything anymore, and neither does he understand some basic human emotions. I found that this shows how horribly Jews were treated during the time period in Germany, and it makes me feel for them. During Max's stay, he stayed mostly in the basement in basically a pile of junk. Not only this, the basement was an extremely cold place, because it was winter at the time. The closest I have ever slept to this temperature was about 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and even then I was wearing some warm clothes. This man had barely anything to keep him warm. After Hans and Rosa decided that it was too cold for him to sleep there, during the night Max was moved up to the living room, with a fire, even though this was a potentially dangerous idea. This gave me some happiness, knowing at least it got better for someone. Because of the movement from the basement to the living room, Liesel went and talked to Max about his nightmares. It turns out that they had very similar dreams, both relating to saying goodbye to someone. Max's being literally waving, and Liesel needing to let go of her brother. This section ends with Liesel's twelfth birthday, and getting a new book. Max was not aware of this occasion, and therefore he did not get her a gift. In return, Liesel gave Max a hug, which he seems very incapable of doing.