I'm only 49 pages into this book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and the clever writing has already dragged me in. The use of Death as the narrator is such a cool idea. I'm surprised I haven't read other books like that. But enough of that.
The Book Thief is about a little girl who was sent to foster parents in Nazi Germany. So far she just has been adjusting to her new family and displaying the weird and sometimes comical accustoms to her new life.With Death narrating it, sometimes parts of the story are in strange places, and it makes me think they were put there for a reason. I'm not too far into so I don't have much to say, but I have noticed some things within the 49 pages I have read so far. One thing is, does it matter the way you express your love, if you have it? In the book Death has a little note saying that Liesel's (the girl) new mother actually loves her, she just has a strange way of showing it. That way being her cursing at the top of her lungs and making her clean up spit from the houses fence.
In real life people have many ways of showing love. Kissing, hugging, talking, and of course the famous brotherly love I share with mine; punching and painfully harassing each other. I mean, we know it's love right? So why does it matter how we express it? Obviously as normal human beings, we don't like hurting or being hurt, but what if it's a way of expressing love? At first glance I would definitely say it matters. There are countless ways of showing love, but that doesn't mean it's good. For example, an insane person could have an obsession with me. They could kill me and wear my skin as an expression of love, and I don't think I have to tell you that's not good.
Going back to the book, Liesel's new mother supposedly loves her. She is a bit strict and foul, but her love isn't expressed in an overly horrific way. Who knows, she could be doing it to teach her a lesson? Well, the people who have read the book might know. She might just be a mean person. But anyway, as of right now, love is love and the way you express it counts too. Although you should still be grateful you have it.
Teddy, I like how in the middle of your blog you keep questioning love and how we tend to show it I think that you could have expanded more on some of the questions because many of them were interesting
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Nice post Teddy. I think what you said about the ways we express love is true. I know that I tease my friends about stupid things they do or say and they do the same to me, but it is our way of showing that we love each other. I think (from the sound of it) that Llesel's mother is trying to raise Llesel well. It is possible that she thinks this is the best way to do it. She probably thinks she is giving Llesel a good work ethic or something. Really great post Teddy though I do agree with Ames. You touch on some super interesting stuff and I just wish you had expanded on it a bit more.
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