
10th May 2018 — Peta
The Representation Of Death- “The Book Thief”
What do we learn about “death” in this text?
- Death is inevitable
- Has feelings
- Sees the world in colour
- Knows everyone
- Presume he is a male figure
- When someone died, once “death” had taken their souls, the environment became quiet and the action of death remained subtle
- Supposedly didn’t like being death as he complained of always being too busy
- Most loyal thing to Hitler
- Chooses how they die
- Doesn’t like to get to know people and catch feelings to avoid sadness when he has to collect their soul
- Like to imagine himself in a cape and a hat, as a dark figure hiding his identity
- Looks for hope in people
- Has a sense of empathy towards the human experience but ultimately cannot help them
- Has emotions, sees, hears and feels like a human