The Usage of Foreshadowing in “The Book Theif

Stephan Muccular 5/17/12 face 1 Mr. Smith Authors use a variety of literary devices to wee a book more interesting and keep the lector in suspense. The author of the The intensity Thief, Markus Zusak, likes to use the literary device called foreshadowing. He makes the book suspenseful, revealing how characters die early on and telling the lecturer the outcome to certain events. By revealing how characters die early on and telling the ratifier the outcome, Zusak makes the novel more suspenseful with his use of feeble descriptions of the scenes which he is foreshadowing.In the book, Zusak tells the reviewer early on that Rudy, one of the main characters, is dismission to die. He didnt deserve to die the way he did. Zusak then(prenominal) tells the contributor how he died and 2 years later he is tone ending to die. Recollections like those merely remind me that he was not deserving of the designate that met a little under two years laterHed scram been glad to witness her k issing his dusty, bomb-hit lips. Rudy dies from a bomb. The interrogation the ref would have is two years from what?Thats what leaves the reader in suspensethe fact that the reader retires Rudy will die in two years, but does not know exactly when those two years start. This is a way Zusak tells us the future without giving us all the details. With righteous a little information, the reader is eager to read more somewhat the situation and satisfy his curiosity. Alex Steiner and Hans Huberman had to serve the same punishment? Alex Steiner wouldnt have suffered the same punishment as Hans Huberman. At this point in the book, the reader wouldnt know that why Hans and Alex would be punished or what their punishments would be. We know from this quote that they would be punished and their punishment would be the same. But this leaves the reader with questions like What is Hans punishment? wherefore is Alex Steiner being punished? Why is the punishment the same? These questions have yet to be answered. Zusak is giving the reader a statement that raises questions that are not answered until later in the book, reservation the novel more suspenseful.Towards the end of the book, Zusak gives the reader a look into when the dry land ended for Liesel Mimmel, the main character. I must warn you that it was raining when the homo ended for Liesel Mimmel.. Rudy Steiner slept. Mama and Papa slept. .Fra Holtzapfel, Fra Diller. Tommy Muller. All sleeping. All dying. In the foreshadowing, Zusak tells the reader that everyone dies around Liesel, which is why her world ended.This leaves the reader in suspense because Zusak notwithstanding tells the reader what happensnot when it happened, why it happened or why Liesel was still alive. These quotes from The Book Thief mentioned were examples of how Zuzak makes this book thrilling. By using vague descriptions of scenes, Zusak is foreshadowing which makes the reader want to read more to satisfy the readers curiosity. This is how Zusak make The Book Thief so interesting and how, when a reader picks up the book and starts reading, the book is hard to put down.