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The Theme Of Death In Markus Zusak´s The Book Thief

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The novel “The Book Thief” written by Markus Zusak, is narrated by a being who identifies himself as Death. The author chose this character to be the point of view of his story in order to explain more elements of the world the novel takes place in. By using Death as the narrator, the author is able to give a unique perspective on all of the dying that occurs during this historical time period and in Liesel’s own life. In this novel, Death is not all-knowing. This meaning that he does not know everything that is occurring in this time or events that are occurring anywhere else in the world. He gets his information the same way that all of us do in our own lives. He gets it from experiences that he has dealt with personally and also what he
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