Central Themes In The Book Thief By Markus Zusak

Markus Zusak demonstrates many themes in The Book Thief, however there are two exceedingly significant themes that are consistent throughout this novel. The purpose of this essay is to analyse and describe these central themes. The first is death and how it has been used as a foundation theme that connects characters and is even used as a narrator. The second is the power of words and how it also directly connects everyone, even under these dreadful circumstances.
From the beginning of the book death is always present. It was introduced with the passing of Liesel’s brother “Trees wore blankets of ice. As you might expect, someone had died”. Everyone that Liesel meets throughout the story has something in common with her, that something is