Zusak has said that it was the saying war and death are best friends that inspired him to use death as a narrator for the novel. But dont go cowering under the covers on his account. This book has a very unique narrator, death, and he is allknowing. For one thing, death aint the bad guy that would be hitler. Death reminds the reader that he is telling this story to remind himself of the beauty and value in human life.
The book thief tells the story of liesel meminger, a young german girl coming of age in nazi germany. When the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single. Refers to a person who uses statements to refer to himself or herself. Some of the book is narrated by death in the first person omniscient point of view. Yes it is an odd choice of narrator but considering the subject matter it makes sense. The book thief from what point of view is the book thief told. Narrator of the book thief by hannah gunter on prezi. The novel focuses on the joys and sorrows of liesel, her foster family, and the jewish man they hide from the nazis. For another, death is in some ways pretty humanespecially considering how inhumane a lot of the homo sapiens running around in the book thief are. This makes death a thirdperson omniscient narrator.