Zusak The Book Thief Analysis

As the common idiom goes, "Do not judge a book by its cover." People often just view the cover of any sort of media, not necessarily a book, and judge whether it is good or bad, fiction or nonfiction, gendered or not. Markus Zusak’s, “The Book Thief,” depicts a character during a famous time in history; World War II, from the 3rd person perspective of a conscious figure intended to be Death, who makes a point on this idiom. One should not prejudge any sense of value or classification just from a quick glance of its exterior appearance.

“The Book Thief,” by Markus Zusak is narrated by a consciousness perceived as Death. Death describes his duty of carrying souls, often with relation to color. Color is a property of the gigantic visual spectrum