The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak has Liesel Meminger as the main character. She is anine year old girl who is forced into foster because her mother was not able to take care of her and her brother.
But before being able to reach their destination,  while riding the train Lisel's brother was discovered to be dead. After quickly having small funeral for him they arrived at the residents of Liesel's new parent guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Hubermann. In the book Liesel has a wide variety of reactions to the setting of parts in the book and also often the settings symbolize things shown in the book.


For example Liesel basically breaks down when she sees her brother buried underground. The fact of never being able to see him again hits her hard and it is so difficult for to comprehend what is going on, she begins to dig for his body. In this part in the book, it is snowing and cold outside. I believe it symbolizes the emotion of Liesel, her brain frozen she can't think. Only acton her emotions...
Later in the book after 5 years of being adopted she still misses her mother and attempts to write letters to her, but her conflict, is her mother is not responding back. In this part of the she is in the basement, which can be dark at times. At this time she is growing weary to the hopelessness of her attempts and go into a internal dark setting much like the basement.

Setting is a key part to a character's reaction or emotions because it set a mood in them. Whether it involves weather or the lightness of a room or etc. They all have a part in creating setting not only in the location of the character but also the internal setting of the character.