Zusak has said that it was the saying war and death are best friends that inspired him to use death as a narrator for the novel. The book thief tells the story of liesel meminger, a young german girl coming of age in nazi germany. The book thief from what point of view is the book thief told. Narrator of the book thief by hannah gunter on prezi. This makes death a thirdperson omniscient narrator. From the outset, this choice makes clear that death will play a significant role in the. Some of the book is narrated by death in the first person omniscient point of view.
When the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single. But dont go cowering under the covers on his account. However, he does speak of himself in the first person, so he plays a role. The novel focuses on the joys and sorrows of liesel, her foster family, and the jewish man they hide from the nazis. Again zusak expands the point of view to see the total impact of the war death is working overtime now. For another, death is in some ways pretty humanespecially considering how inhumane a lot of the homo sapiens running around in the book thief are. Yes it is an odd choice of narrator but considering the subject matter it makes sense. While its set during a historical time period, the book thief doesnt give us a dry, factbased history lesson. Hannah gunter what perspective is used in the book thief. The book thief is told using multiple points of view. Markus zusak makes a daring choice by creating the character of death to narrate his novelthe book thief.
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