Da Hae Han
“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
Category: B, Prompt: A
Instagram: @just_call_me_death
For this assignment, I created an
Instagram account for the narrator of Markus Zusak’s novel, “The Book Thief.” The
reasoning behind why I chose these specific images is because personally I feel
they accurately encapsulate powerful quotes made from the narrator, Death,
himself throughout the novel.
1st Post: “You want to
know what I truly look like? I’ll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I
continue” (Zusak 307).
2nd Post: “The last time
I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring.
3rd Post: “At some point
in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will
be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently
away. The question is, what color will everything be at that moment when I come
for you? What will the sky be saying?” (Zusak 4).
I chose these images because they portray
the universality of the concept in which the narrator represents. In the end,
death is inevitably the great unifier, and it plays a major role in humanity.
Regardless, many people typically approach the end in various alternate ways,
whether that involves their understanding of the concept, their acceptance of
it, or the manner in which they pass. These many manners are all represented by
the color of the sky. Some such instances of these murky dark colors are waxy
yellows, cloud-spat blues, and dark chocolate. It is simultaneously evident
through the various colors, which are present throughout each death, that there
is a very compassionate, gentle side to death, despite the haunting pain one may
suffer through prior to it, as it appears as if there is an embracing of it by
those who seek to understand it or the one who is in the state of passing.
Hi Lydia,
ReplyDeleteI like the bio tagline for your instagram feed, and all of the images fit well together in that they are all the same style and color scheme. I also appreciate your analysis that the colors are about our own varying attitudes towards death. It would be helpful for other viewers of your post if you embedded the images from your instagram feed (for future reference). And, I'd like to see all of the images captioned. Just make sure to attribute the quote to the novel if it is a direct passage from the text.