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Q. What does Death want to prove to himself?
That it's worth it to make an effort for humans.
That humans will always naturally fail.
That humans are inherently selfish.
That he can annihilate an entire race himself.
Q. What happens after WWII to Max and Liesel?
They are both dead.
Max dies and Liesel moves to America.
Max lives and learns of Liesel's death.
They are reunited after the war.
Q. What book does Death steal?
The Grave Digger's Handbook
The Whisper
The Book Thief (Liesel's diary)
He doesn't steal; he kills.
Q. How could we argue that Hitler is the Book Thief?
We can't; he's not a character
He orders to have enormous numbers of books burned.
He steals books from burn piles.
He hoards books in his library.
Q. Why is Death "haunted by humans"?
Because of our capacity for kindness and suffering
Because he doesn't understand us
Because it's what God forced him to struggle with
Because ghosts are so passé