https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms Role of Color en-us 2018-10-15 13:25:49 UTC 2023-03-04 02:49:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/292801382 Death's job is to take away the souls of dead bodies. His line of work tires and saddens him. ]]> 2018-10-15 13:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/292801382 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/292816324 Dark chocolate symbolizes wholesomeness, stability, resilience, and reliability. ]]> 2018-10-15 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/292816324 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/292967680 The color white represents winter, blinding snow, the "coldness" of death, and the innocence of a young soul.]]> 2018-10-15 17:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/292967680 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293835930 2018-10-17 13:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293835930 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293836387 The color red represents violence, blood, emergency, danger, compassion, and love. 
Death's description of the red sky suits the atmosphere of the bombing he describes. ]]> 2018-10-17 13:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293836387 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293840598 2018-10-17 13:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293840598 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293841421 The color blue represents peace, happiness, brilliance, and courage. 
The scene of the colored blue sky shows Liesel's courage and strength being able to get out of the terrible suffering in the Nazi regime. ]]> 2018-10-17 13:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293841421 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293853114 2018-10-17 13:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293853114 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293857274 The color yellow symbolizes warning/hazard, sunshine, happiness, youth, and optimism. ]]> 2018-10-17 14:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293857274 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293881183 Silver represents security, reliability, calmness, wisdom, love, and friendship. ]]> 2018-10-17 14:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293881183 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293890230 2018-10-17 14:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293890230 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293891037 2018-10-17 14:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293891037 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293891764 The color black represents the absence of color or life, destruction, mourning death, and the terror of the Nazi regime. ]]> 2018-10-17 14:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293891764 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293906268 2018-10-17 15:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293906268 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293933918 The color white comes into play when Death is describing one of his flashbacks. He goes back to the moment where he first saw the book thief, Liesel. Death was there for her younger brother. It was a cold winter night by the side of the railroad. There was Liesel, her mother, and her younger brother Werner who died. ]]> 2018-10-17 15:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293933918 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293934119 Death mentions, "It was white. It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Trees wore blankets of ice. I studied the blinding, white-snow sky who stood at the window of the moving trains...Curiosity got the better of me, and I resigned myself to stay...Twenty-three minutes later,...a small soul was in my arms" (Zusak 6-8) ]]> 2018-10-17 15:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293934119 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293934521 The color white represents both the environment Death has come to and a distraction for him. The scene of Liesel's mother grieving intrigued Death. He fails to be distracted by wanting to learn more about the situation. ]]> 2018-10-17 15:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293934521 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293935364 2018-10-17 15:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293935364 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293936251 2018-10-17 15:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293936251 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293936747 In The Book Thief when Death describes the dark chocolate colored sky he says, "Personally, I like a chocolate-colored sky. Dark, dark, chocolate. People say it suits me" (Zusak 6). ]]> 2018-10-17 15:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293936747 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293936993 Death himself prefers a chocolate brown sky. Death is very stable and resilient being able to take away souls from their dead bodies. Death remains wholesome since he retains his feelings for and against humans. His wholesomeness is shown to be intrigued by the book thief. ]]> 2018-10-17 15:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293936993 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293937513 2018-10-17 15:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293937513 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293938085 2018-10-17 16:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293938085 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293938354 2018-10-17 16:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293938354 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293939450 2018-10-17 16:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293939450 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293940384 Death describes the moment saying, "The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and sitrring in some places, it was burned. There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked across the redness then, bombs" (Zusak 12). ]]> 2018-10-17 16:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293940384 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293941051 2018-10-17 16:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293941051 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293941164 The blood-red sky he describes enhances the sense of violence, danger, and death. Liesel loses her loved ones in the bombing. Losing her loved ones represents the sense of compassion Liesel had for her family.]]> 2018-10-17 16:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293941164 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293941612 2018-10-17 16:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293941612 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293942689 2018-10-17 16:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293942689 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293943013 2018-10-17 16:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293943013 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293943219 2018-10-17 16:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293943219 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293943668 2018-10-17 16:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293943668 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944217 2018-10-17 16:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944217 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944375 2018-10-17 16:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944375 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944595 Death describes Rudy's hair as the color of lemons, "Things like Rudy on a dais with three gold medals slung around his neck. Hair the color of lemons was written beneath it" (Zusak 44). ]]> 2018-10-17 16:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944595 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944697 Death describes Rudy as a boy with golden traits. The sky is tinted yellow during the bombing, and air raids. The bombing and air raids support the symbol of hazard. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293944697 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945331 Death describes Han's silver eyes, "Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. Like soft silver, melting, Liesel, upon seeing those eyes, understood that Hand Hubermann was worth a lot"(Zusak 34).]]> 2018-10-17 16:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945331 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945504 The description Death gives further enhances Hans as being a strong characteristic of the traits.  The use of the color silver shows Death's fascination with colors. Death even remembers the less common colors of the sky. Death will remember the color silver even in moments as tragic as Rudy's death. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945504 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945824 2018-10-17 16:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945824 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945993 2018-10-17 16:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293945993 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293946299 2018-10-17 16:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293946299 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293946853 He uses colors, specifically of the sky, to distract himself from his job. He focuses on color to describe what is going on around him. Color becomes an important theme in The Book Thief. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293946853 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293947048 2018-10-17 16:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293947048 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293947196 2018-10-17 16:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293947196 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293947569 2018-10-17 16:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293947569 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293948074 Black was the color used for the swastika, the symbol that idealized Hitler's ideals.]]> 2018-10-17 16:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293948074 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293948214 Liesel explains the darkness she sees above her, "Above me, the sky eclipsed - just a last moment of darkness - and I swear I could see a black signature in the shape of a swastika. It loitered...above" (Zusak 491).]]> 2018-10-17 16:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293948214 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293948301 The black sky and swastika enhance the atmosphere of mourning, and utter destruction felt at the time of the pilot's death. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293948301 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949072 2018-10-17 16:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949072 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949271 2018-10-17 16:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949271 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949721 2018-10-17 16:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949721 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949885 2018-10-17 16:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293949885 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950326 Death describes her death explaining, "She died in a suburb of Sydney...The sky was the best blue of afternoon. Like her papa, her soul was sitting up" (Zusak 543). ]]> 2018-10-17 16:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950326 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950449 Blue represents her reaching the end of her life. Before she dies, she is at peace and happiness with her family. The color blue emphasizes the setting by explaining the peaceful end of her life. Her time has finally ended in the terrible Nazi regime. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950449 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950544 2018-10-17 16:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950544 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950701 2018-10-17 16:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950701 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950987 2018-10-17 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293950987 taylor_rivera https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293981211 2018-10-17 17:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_rivera/7nf7ricfs9ms/wish/293981211