Death

[sorahpark]

The author gives Death human qualities by describing him as just a guy with a job who needs a vacation and by giving him human emotions. Why do you think the author did this and what effect does this have on Death's narration?

[ashleyyoon]

I think the author's intent for this idea of the novel had an affect on the reader's perspective on the generalization of "death". It provided a source of ideas of death; what it was, who it was, the intentions it had. The readers begin to understand and elaborate the concept of dying in a different and clever way, through the author giving death human emotions and qualities. Maybe the author wanted the readers to see that "death" is seen in other ways, like a person collecting souls of loss and love for its own loneliness. Death could be seen as a symbol of loneliness and sorrow in the novel, "it" impacting people, no matter the characters' state of mind mentally and body physically. The narration is seen through the eyes of death, having an alteration of the readers apprehension of the plot.

[ellahardiee]

I think the personification of Death was a fascinating and unique perspective on the novel. Painting Death as an ally instead of an enemy alters the reader's perception of death when their most loved characters die. For example, when the bombs hit Himmel Street, rather than being exposed to the violent nature of the characters' deaths, the reader is only presented Death's description of the characters' souls as they gently leave this earth. I think the author did this because he wanted to emphasize that Death is haunted by humans just as humans are haunted by Death. The final line of the novel is "A Last Line From Your Narrator: I am haunted by humans" on page 550. Throughout the entire novel, Death speaks of his sleepless nights, how war is his boss, and how Liesel, and his experiences with her have stuck with him for so long (I am referring to death as he/him just because that is tone that I gathered from the novel, even though it is most likely that Death is neither a man nor a woman). Liesel is consumed by death for most of her life, while Death is consumed by life, and the living, and the choices humans make. Death does not fully understand humans in the same way that humans struggle with grasping the concept of death.

[ehukunixem]

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