The Book Thief Literary Analysis
The Value of Teaching The Book Thief
Supported by all the irony and vivid coloring, The Book Thief is more easily understood after acquiring knowledge of reading literature with greater care and meticulousness. It is about Liesel Meminger and her history with death, and how she handled difficult situations with the experiences, how she survived through it with words. There is a death of a friend, the love of a parent, and survival of the people who can take it. Markus Zusak took a creative approach in writing the novel that the appalling subject matter is made more tolerable. The thing about this book that sets it apart from the rest of the books out there is the narrator, his name is Death and his job is to collect human souls. This book …show more content…
He does this by using an immense amount of figurative language. The story unfolds as metaphorical abstraction with enlightening imagery and fascinating analogies. An example imagery would be, “The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn form their sentences” (Zusak, 112). The novel has literary devices that students can learn to identify and then adapt it into their writing. Zusak writes The Book Thief in an omniscient perspective, with this the reader can almost see the story through the character’s eyes. The novel also has a strong use detailed descriptions, similes, metaphors and analogies. For example, "No, hair like twigs. That's what it looks like when it hasn't been washed. Look out for hair like twigs and swampy eyes and a kindling beard" (Zusak, …show more content…
The fact that Death was given some emotion and even the sense of compassion, took the pain out of his duty. Death didn't want to get involved with the lives of humans but he couldn't stop from watching and caring. He always gave a warning to upcoming events so that there weren’t surprises, allowing the reader to prepare emotionally. Zusak masters the skill of foreshadowing in the novel, which students can learn to identify and use it in their work. The novel can also teach students to put in cliffhangers in their work, as well as write in point of views of inanimate objects. This book will teach students to think outside of the box when writing.
There are symbols everywhere is the book, the reader just has to pay attention to them. For example, the dominoes on the cover of the book are compared to falling bodies. The symbols provoke reflection and realization in readers. Even the thievery of Liesel is symbolic; the young girl was robbed of a brother and her mother was taken away from her, a lot was taken from her and to settle the score she steels books. Students can learn to incorporate symbols into their
Supported by all the irony and vivid coloring, The Book Thief is more easily understood after acquiring knowledge of reading literature with greater care and meticulousness. It is about Liesel Meminger and her history with death, and how she handled difficult situations with the experiences, how she survived through it with words. There is a death of a friend, the love of a parent, and survival of the people who can take it. Markus Zusak took a creative approach in writing the novel that the appalling subject matter is made more tolerable. The thing about this book that sets it apart from the rest of the books out there is the narrator, his name is Death and his job is to collect human souls. This book …show more content…
He does this by using an immense amount of figurative language. The story unfolds as metaphorical abstraction with enlightening imagery and fascinating analogies. An example imagery would be, “The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn form their sentences” (Zusak, 112). The novel has literary devices that students can learn to identify and then adapt it into their writing. Zusak writes The Book Thief in an omniscient perspective, with this the reader can almost see the story through the character’s eyes. The novel also has a strong use detailed descriptions, similes, metaphors and analogies. For example, "No, hair like twigs. That's what it looks like when it hasn't been washed. Look out for hair like twigs and swampy eyes and a kindling beard" (Zusak, …show more content…
The fact that Death was given some emotion and even the sense of compassion, took the pain out of his duty. Death didn't want to get involved with the lives of humans but he couldn't stop from watching and caring. He always gave a warning to upcoming events so that there weren’t surprises, allowing the reader to prepare emotionally. Zusak masters the skill of foreshadowing in the novel, which students can learn to identify and use it in their work. The novel can also teach students to put in cliffhangers in their work, as well as write in point of views of inanimate objects. This book will teach students to think outside of the box when writing.
There are symbols everywhere is the book, the reader just has to pay attention to them. For example, the dominoes on the cover of the book are compared to falling bodies. The symbols provoke reflection and realization in readers. Even the thievery of Liesel is symbolic; the young girl was robbed of a brother and her mother was taken away from her, a lot was taken from her and to settle the score she steels books. Students can learn to incorporate symbols into their