Being the narrator of the story Death doesn’t appear as a described character, but according to her words, we see that she is a fascinating character. Death is a sarcastic creature with a strange sense of humor. This character is dynamic in the novel as we see that during the novel progress and the World War II, Death feels and shows regret and even tired of a task to get so many souls. But at the beginning, she was happy to have a lot of favorite jobs. As a strange being Death is described as the very cynical and ironic creature-narrator.
Death Quotes
Death about Heil Hitlering p. 117-118.You know, it actually makes me wonder if anyone ever lost an eye or injured a hand or wirst with all of that. You'd only need to be facing the wrong way at the wrong time, or stand marginally too close to another person. Perhaps people did get injured. Personally, I can only thell you that no-one died from it, or at least, not physically. There was, of course the matter of forty million people I picked up by the time the whole thing was finished, but that's getting all metaphoric.
Death in the Essays
In The Book Thief, Zusak expounds upon the concept of death as a passive force and not a vengeful creature. Zusak presents the character Death in a manner that is more effectively conceived than the traditional rendition of Death’s personae. This unconventional characterization is validated...
There are endless notions and assumptions about the character of Death. Death’s popularity had inspired constant production of literary and mythological works. This essay will try to conduct a comparative analysis of two portrayals of the character of Death in two stories namely “A Dirty Job” by...
Author: Wilma Daniels