Å analysere forfatterens valg av forteller og deres synspunkt eller perspektiv gir leseren en dypere forståelse av historien, karakterene, deres skjevheter og motivasjoner. Forfatteren av Boktyven, Markus Zusak, tok det uvanlige valget å bruke Døden som forteller. Dette tillot ham å beskrive livet til Liesel Meminger, men også grusomhetene
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NARRATOR: FIRST PERSON ANDTHIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
Death is overworked and tired. He describes the horror of war in WWI and WWII. His perspective gives us a greater understanding of the time and the magnitude of suffering beyond what Liesel experiences.
DEATH'S PERSPECTIVE
As an omniscient narrator, Death is also able to intimately describe the characters' thoughts and emotions, like Liesel's trauma of losing her brother.
LIESEL'S PERSPECTIVE
Death: Narrates the story in the first person describing his experiences using "I, me, my". Death also describes the life of Liesel Meminger and others. Because he is "Death" he can explain the surrounding events the characters are unaware of.
EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT: "I witness the ones that are left behind, crumbled among the jigsaw puzzles of realization, despair, and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs."
EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT: "Still in disbelief, she started to dig. He couldn't be dead. He couldn't be dead. He couldn't."