Survival In The Book Thief

This is important for understanding the book because if you don’t know who the story is being told by or which side of the same story the reader is hearing. The protagonist and the antagonist of a story both have very different points of view, so which one the reader hears is crucial to the way the reader understands the

Death also takes the first person point-of-view in his narration as he refers himself as “I”. What is more, Death gave his thoughts and feelings toward the story as he stated: “I can’t help myself. I get interested.” Thus, from this opening narration, it is determined that Death takes the part of omniscient narrator (zero focalization). Even though he was not directly involved in the story, he plays a crucial role as he takes people lives, including Liesel’s life in the end of the

In The Book Thief, Death is the narrator. This seems expected if you think of the old expression that war and death are like best friends. If this is true, then who better to tell a story set during World War II? Despite what you might think, Death in some ways seems fairly human. For example, he has actual feelings.

Muhammad Khan Ms. Trasolini ENG2D0-I Thursday, April 9th, 2015 Characters Overcoming Adversities in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief Almost everyone in life faces adversity, they also find ways to overcome it which makes them a better person. In the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger’s life is in the middle of the Holocaust. After unfortunate events, Liesel is shown moving to a foster home in Molching, Germany. Her life changes completely as it was never before. Liesel Meminger, Max Vandenburg, and Rudy Steiner all go through different types of adversities and they find ways to overcome them.

By removing the images of what it meant to truly live, placed there by his environment, and looking within himself, his attitude towards death changes to allow a more holistic acceptance of what is to

It brings the reader's into a world of war and death and makes it normal; Many people see death as a bad thing, if they read this book they would be able to see how uncontrollable it is. Vonnegut writes billy as a very quiet, shy person who experiences about as much death as he had in his lifetime. Death and war are both things that no one can control, death happens to everyone one way or another and it’s how you see death that determines how you react to it. In the war Vonnegut and Billy both experience tremendous amounts of lose in such a little amount of time and when you experience that you are no longer in a state of mind where you feel as though death is unnatural and a horrible thing. they simply know what they can’t control and say this “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.”

They tried gaining everything that they can and in return, when they have perished, they now face the things that they did not want to experience before. They are given a colder, harsher, and emptier version of

He also mentions that "suffering is not optional. It is part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble. According to him, our suffering can become a spirituality of transformation when we understand that we have a role in God 's transfiguration of the world. If we are truly partners with God, we must learn the eye of God, not just to see the eyes of the head, but to see with the eyes of the heart"(pg. 71). Nelson Mandela, for him, he faced suffering, he was imprisoned for 27 years.

This further enhances the tone and mood of the life or death situation to be sullen and desperate. This allows the audience to understand that in this moment, survival is the number one priority and conveys the message of value in life. Eventually, Connor and Risa find refuge with Sonia, the owner of a small antique store where she hides the escaping unwinds. When Sonia calls Connor to write a letter to anyone he has left behind, he discover thousands of letter and “Conner thinks of all the kids Sonia must have helped to have this many letters in her trunk,” (Shusterman, 111). In this moment, through the third person point of view, the audience is able to perceive the influential moment where life is symbolized as a precious thing.

In brief, a reader of “Harrison Bergeron” can understand the thoughts of Hazel and George, because the author uses third person omniscient point of

Through the eyes of an author, there could be many ways to write a story, but their goal is to pick the best way the story would be told. Many times authors who write in the third person perspective, lack major details about how the main character feels; but when written in the first person point of view, it allows the reader to interpret the tone through the character's feelings because the character expresses their thoughts and actions in deeper detail. The book Grendel by John Gardner, engages the reader in a first person point of view, allowing the reader to further analyze the main characters views on society, thoughts on the attack on the mead hall, and the final battle: on the contrary, the epic poem, Beowulf, tells the same story in

Himmel in German translates to Heaven, giving the narrator a sarcastic tone when this is said. Furthermore, the author uses text features to help emphasize messages throughout the novel. To illustrate, Zusak uses boldface printing for all of Death’s announcements, which in turn, gives small hints about what will happen in the future. One bold-face sentence reads, “A Small Announcement About Rudy Steiner…he didn't deserve to die the way he did” (Zusak 37). In the text provided, these segments are used for a few of Death’s favorite distractions: foreshadowing and plot-spoiling the book, which he does quite often throughout.

Zusak used personification in the novel when he gave the narrator, Death, who is non-living, but has human qualities. The way the author applied this technique to ‘The Book Thief’ was so that the reader felt connected and could relate to the narrator. As Death was created as an omniscient, Zusak’s goal was for the narrator to create meaning and to give the reader an expression that he understood what it was like to be human but actually wasn’t human himself. “Even death has a heart” is an example of the use of personification, explaining that even though death is non-living he feels the same things as humans, especially when it comes to tragic moments. Zusak didn’t just use personification with the narrator but he also used it in relation to the imagery and setting of the story, as well as describing human features “As she crossed the river, a rumour of sunshine stood behind the clouds.”

This story has a third person point of view, someone is telling us the story. However, point of view could make us pity or hate a character. And what if Death was telling the story in first point of view, we would pity him. He entrusts the Godson, and when Death got backstab he “...stared at him angrily. ”(13) .

This is because I truly loved Death’s idiosyncratic comments and informative narration in the book. Even though the movie was very literally visual, I had an easier time imagining the book and understanding it. I really enjoyed reading Max’s books and didn’t have this pleasureful opportunity in the movie. I enjoyed the sensory details and Zusak’s writing style. Lasty, my opinion might be swayed by the fact that I read the book first, making it my image for ‘the right one’.