The Eyes of Death In the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, the narrator adds a unique twist. The narrator on this novel is death. Throughout, Death plays a unique role and has strong connections with the characters in the novel. Death gives a strong foreshadow to the readers of the novel and reveals slight hints about the details that will occur later on. The first example of foreshadowing in The Book Thief happens shortly into the novel, before the first part, when the narrator says, “You are going to die” (3). The reader does not know the narrator is death at this time; however they are able to gather that the narrator knows the future of the characters in the novel. Stating that someone is going to die adds a numerous amount