Death in The Book Thief by Carlee Rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l en-us 2018-03-09 15:45:24 UTC 2025-12-23 20:33:31 UTC hello@padlet.com carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242172977 Death is portrayed to be the narrator in The Book Thief because Zusak needed a narrator who could relate to Liesel's point of view but also provide information that Liesel, as a young girl in her town, wouldn't know about, for instance death. ]]> 2018-03-15 02:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242172977 "The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places it was burned. There were black crumbs and pepper, streaked across the redness" (Zusak 157). carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242173799 By focusing on colors of the sky at the times of human deaths, the narrator, Death, suggests that there is a connection between a person's death and the natural world. This shows why Zusak uses Death as the narrator because Death as the narrator gives the novel a more worldly view and better understanding of how death can be seen in the real world. ]]> 2018-03-15 03:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242173799 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242175702 Zusak chooses to use Death as the narrator because throughout the novel Death has real feelings, which makes him seem very human. Throughout The Book Thief, Death experiences sadness, joy, depression, guilt, and grief. Sometimes these emotions are seen by colors, which is why color is tied so closely to the narrator, Death. ]]> 2018-03-15 03:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242175702 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242175769 2018-03-15 03:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242175769 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242175901 "It kills me sometimes, how people die" (Zusak 402).
This image shows why Zusak used Death as the narrator because Death can have a heart too. In The Book Thief, Death is there for Liesel and understands her story. This shows that Death does not always have to be a bad thing; sometimes death is there for a reason. ]]> 2018-03-15 03:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242175901 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242411308 "Death is haunted by humans, by the good and the bad and all the ways the two overlap and blur together. Humanity is complex and layered. It is not entirely understood, not even by humans themselves, but the will to keep going, learning, growing stays strong. The complexity of humanity amazes and confuses Death. Death respects and is appalled by what Death has seen humans do, which is why humanity haunts Death" (Kylie).
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/938508-last-sentence-of-the-book]]> 2018-03-15 15:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242411308 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242412039 2018-03-15 15:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242412039 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242415889 2018-03-15 15:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242415889 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242416925 2018-03-15 15:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242416925 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242417774 2018-03-15 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242417774 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242418078 This quote relates to Death being the narrator because the purpose of Death being the narrator is to show that Death does have a heart and Death wants to learn about humanity and how humanity works. Death sees how humanity works by following Liesel's life and her appreciation for books. ]]> 2018-03-15 15:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242418078 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242422456 This image depicts Death and how Death is the narrator of The Book Thief. Markus Zusak made Death the narrator of the novel because of the powerful impact the narration has on the world. Death as the narrator gives the novel a different world view and perspective of how death is viewed and seen through the book and the world. ]]> 2018-03-15 15:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242422456 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242564224 Color in The Book Thief is used by the narrator, Death, to describe the skies and souls in the moments that he comes to take people's spirits away from their bodies. This shows why Zusak uses Death as the narrator because color is a distractor from what is bad and Death tries to get away by looking at the colorful, good things around him. ]]> 2018-03-15 19:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242564224 carlee_rivera https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242567232 2018-03-15 19:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carlee_rivera/ma7tckz7ga5l/wish/242567232