Existing during the Holocaust there was fine line of life and death become pronounced, including the Concentration Camps and the bombing that would take place in Nazi-occupied areas. Liesel is no stranger to death, in fact Death admires her. Death is the narrator in The Book Thief, he is especially interested in the Liseal. Death is aware that he has taken Liesel’s love ones, but not with ill intentions, because he sees the suffering that humanity is laid upon them and just wants to end the misery of certain humans. Zusak once claimed “It seemed to make that war and death are best friends. Who better to tell stories during wartimes than Death, because he’s everywhere at that time? It just struck me that Death could be the missing piece
