The Book Thief: Death Again

So, originally I was going to try to talk about Liesel  and Rudy and everything  happening on Himmel Street, but Death is just to intriguing. 

Death…

He is not like what people think. 

A thought:   If mother is Nature, than father is Death.

Death cares about those he saves, and feels as Nature does when they are harmed. 

Question—What would the world be like if we thought of Death as a being who is kind and caring, as one with feelings, as one who has compassion for those he takes from us, and pity’s us who keep going? 

He doesn't want us to be sad that they are gone.  He wants to take us with them, so that we to are safe from harm.  But, he knows that we must finish out our lives, so that when he comes to take us we understand and see clearly what life was for us and what it must be for those who follow us. 

Observation:  Death did not live a life, he came into being knowing, understanding, why he had to watch, why he had to do his job.  He does not fully understand the emotion that goes into living, only the emotion of dying, missing those who have died.  But he learns, as children do, the emotional aspect of life, and how important it is to our ability to learn.

Death was the best part of this book, the way he looked at things, the way that he attached himself to something that he had no connection with.  I think I want to read the book again this summer and see how I feel about it once I have chosen a college, and I am preparing to leave the comfort and safety of home. 

I think that I read the book at a good point in my life, because I’m a senior, I’m dealing with the fact that this chapter of my journey is almost over, and I’m going to have to move on into uncharted territory.  Death is right, we must live life so that we learn the lessons that it has to offer, and that is where I am.