The Book Thief: Death

I've read the first hundred or so pages of this book before, and I put it down so that I could finfish it for this class.  That was a very hard thing for me to do, because I had become attached to the book.  I think one thing that drew me in was the way the book was narrated, from the point of view of Death.  I also like the way that he is personified in the book, as a very simplistic yet detail oriented person, with (at times) the emotion and vision of a child.  The fact that he focuses on all of these colors to distract him from the people and events they go with seems to me the way that a child might approach such a problem.  The way he looks at his job is also very interesting.  He doesn't come off as the Grim Reeper or the Devil, he comes of as Death.  Almost, like Death from the Tale of the Three Brothers from Harry Potter 7, only not as eager to recive those souls that must be taken from the world. But, as a more solom and respectful being of the souls he takes from the Earth, he does not like his job but he doesn't hate it either.  He knows that he is the one who must take care of these people now, and that it is a big responsibility. 

Liesel, on the other hand, understands what life...and Death...can do to someone, for her it means not having someone to go with to a new world.  It means taking something that will be her only reminder of what this world did to her brother. 

Another thing that I found interesting, was that the story is being told with the emotions of one who knows what has to happen next, by one who has seen life been given and taken; but, it is told with a sence of inocence that only a child can have.  The blend of styles is very well done, and it make s the characters more interesting to follow.  I particularly like Papa, he is very much experienced in many ways when it coomes to the world, but when Liesel comes into his life, an inosence is opened up in him, I think, that was very rarely seen or given to anyone. 

Death is an intreging being, and I think that the way he is written is a very interesting way to view Death.

I keep looking over at the book next to the computure as I type and I have to stop, because I want to know what is going to happen to the Jew that is hiding in a black room, and how it is all going to tye together!!!