https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5 Megan Rojas - "Justify Zusak’s​​ decision ​​to ​​make​​ Death ​​the ​​narrator ​​of ​​the ​​novel." en-us 2018-03-15 04:40:57 UTC 2024-11-03 08:24:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242188525 2018-03-15 04:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242188525 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242189197 Instead of one person (for example Liesel) narrating, death gives a point of view which emcompasses the main characters within the book because they all experience death first hand.]]> 2018-03-15 04:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242189197 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242190201 Death as the narrator creates an interesting and new take on the traditional novel set up of a linear story told by a singular person]]> 2018-03-15 05:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242190201 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242190616 Since the novel is set in Germany during WWII, death is fitting as the narrator because of the numerous deaths which resulted during the time period.]]> 2018-03-15 05:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242190616 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242191085 The majority of the book is told with Liesel as the main focus of the chapter because she experience a great deal of loss from her brother, mom, foster parents, best friend, neighbors, and Max all shaping her. ]]> 2018-03-15 05:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242191085 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242191695 Max endures massive amounts of death in his life because of the political climate of Germany. He losses not only his family but his entire community with the concentration camps and has safety and security ripped away from him during his stay at the Hubermann's. ]]> 2018-03-15 05:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242191695 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242192142 Hans experiences death in WWI with his friend unknowingly saving his life but the friend dies in the process. While his son does not die, he estranged himself from the family because of Hans' unwillingness to compromise his beliefs during the time of unrest. ]]> 2018-03-15 05:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242192142 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242194714 Death is partially considered all knowing. This fact gives the story an element of dramatic irony because death will inform the read of a death but continues the buildup to the death.]]> 2018-03-15 05:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242194714 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242195146 "Erik Vandenburg would later be found in several pieces on a grassy hill."]]> 2018-03-15 05:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242195146 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242195993 "And [Rudy] was one month from his death... She was saying goodbye, and she didn't even know it."]]> 2018-03-15 05:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242195993 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242196323 The author was able to write in clever word play to enhance the feeling of Death as the narrator. The reinforcement of death as the narrator helps the read recognize the symbolism within the novel.]]> 2018-03-15 05:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242196323 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242196713 "It brought the war closer to Himmel Street, and it dragged me along for the ride."]]> 2018-03-15 06:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242196713 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242197098 When students are taught WWII in class, they are shown the actions within the war, the battles, who won, and the clean up after. The novel shows WWII in terms of death and the effects of the war on the Jewish people but also the citizens of Germany.]]> 2018-03-15 06:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242197098 megan_rojas https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242198311 "The desperate Jews - their spirits in my lap as we sat on the roof, next to the steaming chineys." ]]> 2018-03-15 06:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/megan_rojas/qe0hex8czpo5/wish/242198311