Markus Zusak uses foreshadowing throughout the novel to relay futures deaths to the reader. The death of audacious Rudy Steiner is shown several chapters before the unfortunate calamity which took much of Himmel Street. Hans Hubermann also faces a similar case after escaping the clutches of death twice in war. Both characters are affable and looked up to as righteous people. By foreboding their deaths, the author forces the reader to read on for more knowledge about their demise. Death's caricature of Liesel's Papa draws in the reader by using pathos details and descriptions such as, " The bodies of Mama and Papa, both lying tangled in the gravel bedsheet of Himmel Street." (536) By using the words "bodies" and "lying" the author implies that