The last sentence of the book thief is “I am haunted by humans.” I think this sentence completely sums up the overall meaning of the book. The things humans do to one another is horrifying. We are willing to kill each other without blinking an eye. At the same time, humans can be incredibly compassionate and brave. Death is haunted by humans, by the good and the bad. Humanity is can be unbelievably hard to understand. Majority of the time humans can’t understand it themselves. The complexity of humanity astounds and confuses Death. At the end of the day, you shouldn’t fear Death. After all, people are the real monsters.
