1. Symbolism in The Book Theif
Death states "Summer came for the book thief, everything was going nicely. ... In town bombings the sky has been described as blood red, plane crashes explained to be black but for the death of Jews in Germany that summer, it was so severe that death has no color to associate with it. ... This quote is also ironic, as in one half it explains how summer was going nicely for Liesel the German child with her childhood progressing colourfully, when in contrast the colors are symbolic of all the deaths occurring and loss Germany is encountering. ... This expresses to the reader the mass scal...
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