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Liesel Techniques In The Book Thief

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Part Six is ended with this quote. Up to this point the story has concerned non-Jewish Germans in Liesel’s neighborhood, with a few references to the war outside Germany. Liesel is still leading an uneventful, untroubled life, playing soccer and running around, like a reasonable child would, with her friends. But Death deviates from Liesel’s story specifically to remind the reader that these atrocities were occurring, indicating that it’s necessary not to forget these horrors were occurring even if Liesel’s life was carrying on normally at the time. Also, by telling the reader that the people dying were “you,” meaning the reader, he makes it clear that they were no different from the reader. This technique incriminates the reader in their suffering,
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