Liesel Meminger's The Book Thief

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The book cover design that was created to represent the storyline given in, “The Book Thief,” shows the narrator, death, and the main character, Liesel Meminger. The design used watercolor and acrylic paints, as well as marker and pen. The narrator, who is portrayed as death, is standing in back of Liesel Meminger, whilst holding a staff in front of her. Liesel Meminger is holding a book close to her, which shows how she loved books and stole many. Death is not capturing her or killing her, but he is simply holding her and protecting from the many horrible deaths of her loved ones that happened at the end of the story. Throughout the novel, Death was unaware of his way of protecting Liesel from himself, essentially.
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