Sunday, March 15, 2009
Literary Elements
The most significant literary element Markus Zusak uses in "The Book Thief" is the personification of the narrator death. This is personification because death is something that doesn't really have any human traits but can talk and describe things in this novel. The narration of death also leads to very descriptive language that uses many similes and metaphors. For example: "Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart in two pieces." Obviously Liesel cannot actually see her broken heart in the snow, but use of figurative language like this adds to the novel.
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I agree with the personification of death in the novel, I said the exact same thing in my post. I disagree though about the author using many smilies and metaphors. I did not think that there was very many similes and metaphors in the book.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that the personification of Death is the most important literary element of the book. Also, the fact that Death has human capabilities makes me wonder what death really is. I also wonder if the constant use of figurative language is based on the speech of Death as a narrator or just the author.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of Death, the narrator, as personification, but it is a great example. I think I didn't notice because it was almost too obvious. I also liked your example of figurative language.
ReplyDeleteI think that your example is very good. I haven't really noticed that many examples of figurative language in the novel. I think that the narration of Death kind of keeps me from noticing things like that.
ReplyDeleteI really like that quote for figurative language because it shows you how she was feeling and it makes you feel like you are a part of the story.
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