Part 4: The Standover man

This amazing part of this book is where Max and Leisel meet.

Max is a Jew, and has been living off of a family friend ever since his father died.  Max's said friend decides he can't support him any longer.  So, Max goes to find the "man with the accordion" a.k.a. Hans Hubermann, who is more than happy to take him in.

Max sleeps in the extra bed in Leisel's room the first night.

After his past of fist fighting comes back to haunt him and he accidentally attacks Leisel, Max punishes himself by sleeping in the basement.

Max starts to warm up to Leisel, and on her birthday she even gives him a hug.

As a late birthday gift, Max makes her "The Standover Man", a book he creates using 13 pages of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and paint.

"The Standover man" is a picture book about the people who look down on you all your life, and how you would view them.

To make "The Standover Man", first Max paints each page white, then he paints the words and pictures in black. 

This is another blog about the significance of the Standover Man.

Here's the link in case that didn't work.

Here is the whole standover man book if you still want to read it.