Wednesday, September 8, 2010
"Death"
I think having Death as a narrator does not really make any much of a difference than having a different narrator. He doesn't make himself stick out like any different than a regular narrator. If you were to read this book without reading the prologue, you wouldn't be able to tell that Death is telling the story. Sometimes while I am reading, I forget that he's the one that is narrating, because he doesn't make himself sound any different. The only time he sticks out as a narrator is when he is telling about himself in the prologue and when he tells about Liesel in the beginning. I am sure though maybe throughout the rest of the book, he will make himself stand out as Death. I feel like maybe he will only bring himself out as a character only when he sees Leisel the three times he says he sees her. Other than that he just sounds like a normal narrator telling about Liesel's life. The feelings and emotions i have about Death are that he is just a thing that comes and takes people's souls, he doesn't really care about anything other than taking peoples souls but when it comes to Liesel, for some reason, he's different.
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ReplyDeleteLove the picture of Death you used for this posting:)
Nice discussion on Death as the narrator--it has been fun to read all of the different responses about whether or not Death is any different from a typical narrator. Challenge yourself to keep making personal connections to what is happening in the book. Keep up the great work Katie!
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Run-on: "If you we're to raed this book without reading the prologue, you wouldn't be able to tell that Death is telling the stories because sometimes while I am reading, I forget that he's the one that is narrating because he doesn't make himself sound any different."
Proper usage of "were/we're"
Spelling: "raed" "Liesle"
Capitalization: Be sure to capitalize all titles, proper nouns, "I" and the first word of every sentence.
Paragraph structure: be sure to start a new paragraph when you start discussing a new topic such as when you move on from analyzing Death as a narrator and start reflecting on your personal feelings about death.
10/10: Very good!
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