I really like this! At first, having Death be the narrator of the story freaked me out and I didnt enjoy reading it. But after awhile i started to find Death's perspective on death interesting. I think the most important passages on death is how people can see him, sense him, and even occasionally ESCAPE him almost as if Death is a person. He says, "That was the first time Hans Hubermann escaped me." This almost plays into the idea of fate as well. Being able to see, sense, and escape are all actions associated with people and objects, not death. Another time when Death can be seen is when Liesel is watching the German pilot die. Death says "I recognize you" and "she looked me in my face and she did not look away." Another interesting idea that Death says throughout the novel, are hints about Rudy Steiner's death. Death says "He didn't deserve to die the way he did." He also says "taking a boy like Rudy was robbery", showing that Death can have feelings and is even more human like. I think that if Death had not so human like and almost easy to relate to, the story would not have been as great.
April 20, 2010 7:05 PM
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I really agree with you. Having the story told from Death's point of view is an interesting twist on the story and has you view everything in a somewhat different way. You begin to see death in a less scary way almost. Another thing that i liked that was said in the story was that war was like a boss. It is always telling Death to do get one thing done after another, always having more and more work to do. It seemed like a never-ending job that always had to get done. I thought that was a really cool analogy that was brought up by having Death as the narrator.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that death is a very interesting narrator. However death takes away the suspense of the book. i also agree that death has a defening grip on its subjects. you make a valid point at the end of your post about if death was easier to relate to the story it would not have as much power.
ReplyDeletei also agree. i think that this was a very interesting to portray this book by having it told in the perspective of death. it threw a twist to the whole book. My favorite thing that death made me think about was when death said that people portray death as a guy in a dark cloak with a scythe. But death says that if we want to see what death looks like all we need to do is look in the mirror. This made me think a lot about that death isn't a horrible thing, it's just another person doing their job. Death has feelings just like any other person.
ReplyDeleteDeath was such a cool narrator for the book. I had never read a book like that before. Death also was very straight forward which made the stroy a lot more interesting. it also took away the suspense which was dissapointing because i always like a very good suspensful story.
I thought having death as the narrator was a great choice by the author overall.