The Book Thief by Gillian Aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c Gillian Aguilera en-us 2018-10-21 21:14:26 UTC 2026-03-16 22:05:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Justify Zusak’s decision to make Death the narrator of the novel. gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295240953 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a historical novel based in Nazi, Germany during the Holocaust of World War II. What better way to portray the Holocaust than to make the book narrated by death? Death constantly reminds the reader of the mortality in the main character's life, Liesel Meminger, and around the rest of Germany. And though minorities are being exterminated by the masses in concentration camps, death reminds the readers, "[…] at some point on time I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away" (Zusak 1.12). By saying this Death is generally speaking saying he does not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, or ethnicity. Death will come for everyone so it should comfort you that everyone will die, some sooner than others. Zusak's decision to make Death the narrator of the novel stems from the inability to escape mortality in ones life whether it be natural causes or the morbid Holocaust. ]]> 2018-10-21 22:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295240953 Video gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295242512 2018-10-21 22:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295242512 Minorities being categorized once they arrive to the concentration camp to determine order of death. gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295242872 2018-10-21 22:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295242872 Liesel Quote on Death gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295550737 "With one eye open, one still in a dream, the book thief, also known as Liesel Meminger could see […] that her younger brother, Werner, was now sideways and dead. His blue eyes stared at the floor. Seeing nothing." (Zusak 5.21-5.22)
This quote speaks of when Liesel's watched her brother die. This will affect her in her dreams for the next few years as it was a traumatic event in her life. The death of her brother shapes her future in many ways.
]]> 2018-10-22 16:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295550737 Death marches led by Nazi soldiers. gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295600307 2018-10-22 17:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295600307 Colors gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295603438 The three important colors that define Liesel are red, white, and black. White symbolizes her innocence but the black from the darkness of Nazi, Germany taint the innocent white. Red represents the blood of everyone she knows dying. ]]> 2018-10-22 17:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/295603438 Jewish man emerging from his hiding spot underneath the floor of a house. gillian_aguilera https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/296079825 2018-10-23 17:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gillian_aguilera/cu950anl4t3c/wish/296079825