Book Thief's Use Of Death As The Narrator In The Book Thief

The book thief uses death as the narrator. Which is strange considering that the term death refers to darkness. Death tries to give meaning to his work, therefore he gathers stories of people who are strong willed in life. Death thrives on these stories of excitement and emotion, since his job is rather boring and depressing. While the book thief has many instances of death or close death, it is easy to see why the writer would choose death as the overall narrator.
As you open the first page of the book and begin reading, you will see that there is interaction with the narrator right off the bat, the narrator being death. Death introduces Hans Hubermann right away and goes into background information about him. Death likes to interact with