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Descripción
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Creado por mcglynnsiobhan
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Literary Genre
- dark subject matter and
intimidating length (550 pages) ask
a lot of young readers but
teenagers and adults alike have
read and loved its endearing tale of
a young girl trying to survive in a
very adult world of war and chaos
- First-person (limited) narrator; choppy,
often-interrupted narrative
- Death, as narrator, often interrupts the storyline
to insert all-knowing asides, background
information and witty or insightful commentary
- the effect is a story that is not
cohesive, but rather patchy
- the effect is a story that is not
cohesive, but rather patchy
- Death, as narrator, often interrupts the storyline
to insert all-knowing asides, background
information and witty or insightful commentary
- however, unique style of narration is easy to adjust to and can be forgiven
within the framework of a heartrending tale of friendship and suffering
- novel's strength lies in its endearing characters and
the unique bonds that are formed as they all
struggle through the difficulties and tragedies of war
- Liesel is gutsy, plucky and smart, memorably strong and dauntless,
and she is surrounded by equally likeable and dynamic characters
- strength of the appealing story carries
readers through any hiccups in the format
- strength of the appealing story carries
readers through any hiccups in the format
- Liesel is gutsy, plucky and smart, memorably strong and dauntless,
and she is surrounded by equally likeable and dynamic characters
- Death carries the difficult task of
relating the story as he goes about the
grave work of being the Grim Reaper
- some find the narration stark, inconsistent, overly-poetic or
too glib to treat the serious nature of war and its atrocities
- some find Death's narration
entertaining, sardonic,
sympathetic and profound
- some find the narration stark, inconsistent, overly-poetic or
too glib to treat the serious nature of war and its atrocities
- while relating the tragedy and horrors of war, the novel also manages to
infuse the undercurrent of misery with moments of joy and happiness
- because of this, the reader appreciates the
novel and gains a greater understanding
of an important time in history
- because of this, the reader appreciates the
novel and gains a greater understanding
of an important time in history
- Zusak needed a narrator who could provide
Liesel's point of view but also provide
information that Liesel, as a young girl in a
relatively isolated town, wouldn't know about
- needed a narrator that could give snapshots of the WWII outside of Himmel Street; by
using Death rather than a third-person narrator, Zusak is able to offer a unique
perspective on all the death and dying occurring during this historical period
- needed a narrator that could give snapshots of the WWII outside of Himmel Street; by
using Death rather than a third-person narrator, Zusak is able to offer a unique
perspective on all the death and dying occurring during this historical period
- Death is not omniscient; he gets his information from his personal
experiences and from what he hears and reads about others
- his chief source is "The Book Thief", the
book Liesel writes about her life
- for Liesel's story to make sense, Death needs to tell us about what's going on in other parts of Germany, Poland and
Russia during WWII, to provide us with details Liesel would have no way of knowing at the time she's writing her book
- dying is one of the main things going on; Death
interweaves this larger context with the story of
Liesel and the people she loves and loses
- dying is one of the main things going on; Death
interweaves this larger context with the story of
Liesel and the people she loves and loses
- for Liesel's story to make sense, Death needs to tell us about what's going on in other parts of Germany, Poland and
Russia during WWII, to provide us with details Liesel would have no way of knowing at the time she's writing her book
- his chief source is "The Book Thief", the
book Liesel writes about her life
- Quote from Markus Zusak: "Well, I
thought I'm writing a book about war,
and there's that old adage that war and
death are best friends, but once you
start with that idea, then I thought, well,
What if it's not quite like that? Then I
thought, what if death is more like
thinking, well, war is like the boss at your
shoulder, constantly wanting more,
wanting more, wanting more, and then
that gave me the idea that Death is
weary, he's fatigued, and he's haunted
by what he sees humans do to each
other because he's on hand for all of our
great miseries." Source: www.npr.org
- writing style includes foreshadowing, spoiling,
illustration, a book-within-a-book-within-a-boook
- Death uses boldface text to
relay certain information
- these sections contain
foreshadowing and plot-spoiling
- these sections contain
foreshadowing and plot-spoiling
- Death is aware of his habit (says so after
he reveals Rudy's imminent death)
- we cannot fully trust Death; he fools us into thinking there are no
surprises left for us at the end; the foreshadowing makes us let down our
guards and we are surprised at Max and Liesel's reuniting after the war
- the novel contains two complete illustrated stories by Max: The Standover Man and
The Word Shaker, both written on painted-over pages of Hitler's book, Mein Kampf
- Death uses boldface text to
relay certain information
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