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Death And Dignity In The Book Thief

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In the opening chapter of Book thief, titled; Death and Chocolate, Death alludes to himself as if he were merely a messenger passing on information, stating bluntly “Here is a small fact... You are going to die.” Death is characterized in this manner as Amiable, (a characterization he happened to come upon and name himself, displaying a friendly or pleasant manner, or as he plainly puts it “I am in all truthfulness attempting to be cheerful about this whole topic, though most people find themselves hindered in believing me, no matter my protestations. I am most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable.” Death in a likely manner can be compared to playing the exquisite role of a lingering entity in the sense of the Book Thief as well as the poem; “It’s Death Again” by Mark Slaughter. …show more content…

“ I do not carry sickle or a scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it is cold. When he was given the opportunity to ask Liesel so many questions, before he took away her soul. “I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. Although what could I tell her about those things, that she didn’t already know? All that I was able to do was turn to Liesel Meminger and tell her the only truth I truly know. Implicating that death was at lost for words.” Death didn't know how to put it into words how everything that Liesel has gone through has affected him. Instead he even though previous in the book said that; “Even death has a heart” he is able to demonstrate that he truly can’t express the emotions with a heart, saying “I am haunted by

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