Death in its retelling of the story of Liesel Meminger, the book thief, associates its meeting with Liesel through colors. Death states that it derives pleasure from colors, colors are its vacation from its melancholy occupation for no one can replace it. Death’s love of colors provides its relief from the pain of watching those who are “leftover”, the loved ones of those who passed. In the excerpt from the “The Flag”, death recollects on its last meeting with the book thief. The author, Mark Zusak, stunningly encompasses various allegories of color and brilliantly descriptive imagery to capture the scene described in excerpt. It’s no happenstance that the last time death saw Liesel the color was red. Red is the traditional color of warning
