Argumentative Essay On The Book Thief

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The Book Thief opens in a way which is unique to the reader with the narrator who turn out to be Death himself. In the Book Thief , the author Markus Zusak , crafts a marvelous tale through the eyes of Death. Death is the narrator of the Book Thief. He in a way is initially sardonic with a dorky sense of humor , but as the novel progresses and WW2 advances , he expresses weariness and remorse about having to collect so many souls. My first argument is that Death offers a unique and different approach when it comes to narrating the story. He is described as an Omniscient First-person point of view in the story. My second argument is that Death can foreshadow and hint important events of key characters in the book. My third argument is that …show more content…

Death gives experience to the reader which in a way he can either tell or relate to the characters in the Book Thief. In addition to this , Death is an Omniscient First-person narrator. It's confusing because he sometimes refers to himself as I or talks to the reader. With this type of narration , Death can intervene and decide to take the souls of peoples. Most of the events take place in the town of Molching , with Death occasionally stepping in to provide relevant background Information about key characters. In the Book Thief , the first quote (pg.307) from Death . and he says " You really want to know what I look like? Find yourself a mirror while I continue". In this quote , Death directly speaks to the reader which he does so often. This quote is from the part "Deaths Diary". When he recommends us that the reader look in the mirror , he is reminding us that human kind is what caused the destruction. In World War 2 , Death is feeling irritable. Death is likewise crotchety (meaning bad-tempered or grumpy) in light of the fact that he feels misunderstood. He notes that the reaper image of a robe and sickle is mistaken. Deaths calls out the he looks just like us. The second quote (pg.550) " I am haunted by humans. How they can be so ugly and

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