The novel ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak follows the story of a young girl while depicting Germany during the Third Reich. Even though the novel’s context, the Third Reich, has been the inspiration and focus of many literary works, Markus Zusak manages to make the ‘The Book Thief’ stand out. A major contributing factor to this is that Death was chosen as the narrator. In his novel Markus Zusak portrays a Death who is different to the standard, westernised depiction of Death. The author distances himself from beliefs such as Death being a Grim Reaper, and develops a Death who is quite similar to humans. This different depiction of Death is the reason why I chose to make Death and ‘The Book Thief’ the subject of my essay. This extended essay