Markus Zusak has taken many stories that his parents told him about their childhoods and has created what is known as The Book Thief. In the novel the author shows vivid images throughout his book on characterization and the setting that is portrayed in a way that makes the story come alive. As the story begins, the reader is introduced to a narrator that will be noted many times throughout the book, but this narrator is a special narrator that gives this story “life”.
Although there are many characters that Liesel faces, there is one in particular that she did not face, but was watching her and was the storyteller in her life, Death. Death is portrayed in a way that makes the reader assume that Death is