The theme in book thief that I found was very universal was “Words can say and tell so much”. In this book I noticed a heap amount of words that had so much power. Even one word had so much potential .

The dialogue shows my theme on page 4 when death says”People observe the colors of the day only at its beginnings and ends.” Also on page 383 “he imagined the girl reading in the shelter. He must have watched her literally handing out the words.”

This statement shows how when death uses the words“colors” how it has a million definitions for it. What I mean by this is when he says”colors” he means the clouds, the ground, etc. He is describing to the reader his vision of everything he sees with one word “colors”. Also in the second example …show more content…
The Statement shows how when Liesel describes her kiss with rudy she used very powerful words. For instance when she says “he tasted like regret” she means that she should have kissed him sooner. It shows how that word “regret” takes the reader all the way back to everytime rudy wanted to kiss liesel. Also in the second example used the word “colors” to describe how he wants to like Werner but can't.

The setting may also show my theme is used in the book. On page 27 it states “the buildings appear to be glued together,mostly small houses and apartment blocks that look nervous. There is murky snow spread like carpet. There is concrete , empty hat stand trees and gray air.” Also on page 157 it states “ On the streets of molching that day , each window was decorated for the fuhrer. In some places like Frau Dillers, the glass was vigorously washed and the swastika looked like a jewel on a red and white