The Book Thief Death Quotes

“Here is a small fact: You are going to die.” Death said this quote. He the narrator of Markus Zuka’s The Book Thief. Although this quote from Death is scary, he says later, “I urge you - don’t be afraid.” Everyone will die eventually, Death himself even said that. Whether that be intentional or accidental, the effects of death can change the direction of someone’s life, for the better or for the worse.
Intentional deaths in this book are not hard to come by, especially because of the war. One such example is the death of Erik Vandenburg. Erik, along with the rest of Hans’ platoon, went out to fight that day. Hans however, was spared. On page 178 it says, “None of them came back.” Another intentional death, or deaths in this case, is the bombing of Cologne. “Five hundred souls,” is what Death says about how many people he took on page 336. Another example of intentional death are “The Parisians.” Here, Death talks about the many innocent Jewish people that were killed. “They just kept feeding me, minute after minute, shower after shower.” Here on page 349, Death is talking about the souls of the people killed in that concentration camp, rising up
An example is the death of Reinhold Zucker. On page 476, Death describes Zucker’s neck as being, “snapped almost in line with his earlobes.” Another illustration of accidental death is the death of the pilot on page 489-491. No plane is supposed to crash, especially a plane that just bombed a town. That town was Liesel's town, Molching. The pilot is most likely an Allied pilot because he says, “Thank you,” and Liesel and Rudy do not understand him. “I slowly extracted the pilot’s soul from his ruffled uniform and rescued him from the broken plane.” A final example of accidental death is when Warner, Liesel’s brother, dies. His death was not planned on, so therefore is an accident. “I entered the train. No one noticed. The train galloped on. Except the