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Jasmin asked this question about The Book Thief:
umm i didn't get it when at the end death said "i'm hunted by humans "? what did he mean ?
Reading-Girl2 The quote is 'I'm haunted by humans'.
It's meaning can change from reader to reader. Like an abstract painting. In my opinion, Death is haunted by huma…moreThe quote is 'I'm haunted by humans'.
It's meaning can change from reader to reader. Like an abstract painting. In my opinion, Death is haunted by humans, he collects their souls and they haunt him day and night. The horrors of human kind cling to him and he can't escape. Death is haunted by humans. It's meant to be kind of ironic, I think.(less)
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The Book Thief
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