The Book Thief Predictions

        So far the book has been through some quite twisted tales, an unexpected stranger is let into the Hubermanns house and hidden within the walls of the basement. He and Liesel connect with their love for words and atrocious nightmares. Rudy's fate is revealed and Liesel is open to a world of books in the Mayors house. What I find most interesting about this book is that it is narrated by death itself. It’s the first book I’ve read that wasn’t narrated by a person but a thing. For example it says things like, “It was exactly when I knelt down and extracted his soul, holding it in my swollen arms. He warmed soon after, but when I picked him up the boy’s spirit was soft and cold, like ice cream,” (Zusak 21). As you can see there is a great use of figurative language such as similes and personification. Death doesn’t have arms! Death might not even be described as a thing; it is more like a fate. However all through the book this ‘Death’ tells The Book Thief’s story. In such a creative way and interesting way, I predict that something tragic will happen at the end. Like maybe they will get caught hiding the Jew or he will die. What I would like to happen is for the war to end and for Jews to be saved to live their life again! But death isn’t so kind, I don’t think it would waste it’s time telling a happy ending story.