3.2 Point-of-View As mentioned before, the story was narrated by Death. Despite having no visible figure throughout the movie, his voice narrated the story as well as voicing his feelings and thoughts what happened to the main characters.
Death: One small fact. You are going to die. Despite every effort, no one lives forever. Sorry to be such a spoiler. My advice is, when the time comes, don’t panic. It doesn’t seem to help. I guess I should introduce myself properly. But then again, you’ll meet me soon enough. Not before your time, of course. I make it a policy to avoid the living. Well, except sometimes. Once in a very long time… I can’t help myself. I get interested. I don’t know exactly what it was about Liesel Meminger. But she caught
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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 …show more content…
She also kept her friendship with Max throughout her life. In her final thoughts, Death reported that Liesel reminisced the important people she shared her life with: her husband, three children, and grandchildren, but most of all, she never forgot about Hans, Rosa, her younger brother and Rudy. At the end, when Death met Liesel, he wanted to tell her that she was one of the few people who had got him wonder how it would be if he is mortal and had the chance to live. However, Death never did tell her that because both he and Liesel had found peace, even though he still declared the truth that he is indeed haunted by