The Book Thief
Is there a quote that shows deaths fascination with the human race?
A quote to help with my assignment, i can't seem to find one for this.
A quote to help with my assignment, i can't seem to find one for this.
"I am haunted by humans."
Death, the last line of the novel, p. 550
The Book Thief is framed by Death's contemplation of the worth of humanity, and Death's inability to reconcile the remarkable cruelty and the remarkable compassion of which human beings are simultaneously capable. Liesel's life story contains elements of both, and by the end of the novel, Death appears to be no more capable of judging humanity than at the novel's outset. Thus, Death tells Liesel that it is "haunted" by humans, just as humans are haunted by Death. A jaded metaphysical being so used to dying could only be fearful of -- and, at times, amazed by -- those who live.