Death's Worth A Thousand Words

Colors are used in literature to describe the different emotions of a character. Colorism is a type of symbolism used in literature. Death uses color symbolism in The Book Thief to describe a character's emotion because he is the narrator. Color symbolism in literature is when the author uses a color to symbolize the character's emotion; it occurs throughout The Book Thief. Red, white, and gray or silver are the colors that are used the most frequently and have the biggest meanings throughout the novel.

The acts of human nature can become a very difficult concept to understand. Markus Zusak uses Death throughout the The Book Thief to express the complexity of human nature. Death illustrates how complicated beings humans are and how they hold the capacity to act in both evil and beautiful ways. Throughout the novel Death helps give readers insight to the ignorance displayed and the pain it may cause a person. In the most troublesome and discriminatory times of the Holocaust, Death will point out the beautiful acts of compassion carried out by characters involved in the novel. Sometimes beauty and pain is mixed within the sacrifice some make for those they love and are loyal to.

To me the three mix of colours automatically point out more death, however the set of it is more described, with the colour white and black, as it gives off a dull, grave and quiet atmosphere. This is supported even more with the use of no dialogue; seen as a critical communicator amongst each of the characters. To me the Director’s purpose was to show the strangeness between each character, as each of them seemed as though none of them personally knew one another. This links back to the film the Dark knight, in the beginning during the bank robbery, as each criminal kills off the other for the higher reward, soon enough the Joker appears just as the priest, both seen as the vulture letting others do their dirty work. The feel of strangeness is also related to the text Montana 1948, as the aftermath result of Frank’s death. “The cemetery they made a point of standing on opposite side of the grave from us. Even I understood the symbolism: Frank’s death was an unbridgeable gulf between us” the author’s purpose was to portray the symbolism, of the indifferent perception of deceit, as Julian had hard reasons to believe Wes had done this too his brother through jealousy, whereas Wes’s perception, was to always obey to the law, a moral that he could not

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author's repeated use of colors indicate significant events and represent mood, specifically with Jay Gatsby's yellow car, Doctor T. J. Eckelburg's blue eyes, and the gray color of the Valley of Ashes. Together these three, along with other events or objects represented by color, are important in explaining the storyline to the reader **through creating moods and themes**.

The character Death, in Zusack’s The Book Thief says: “That’s the sort of thing I’ll never know- what humans are capable of.”

Vonnegut uses the colors blue and ivory to symbolize the relationship between life and death. Vonnegut also uses blue and ivory to establish a symbolic connection between the cruelties of war; in

The theme of The Book Thief is humanity. In the novel, human nature is portrayed varying and confusing. Why humans are depicted like this is because the novel is narrated by an omniscient non-human, Death, which changes your outlook on many different topics. Death does not understand how some humans such as the Hubermann family can be kind enough to try to save a young man’s life. While other humans such as Hitler, desire and aspire to destroy an entire race. “The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both” (Zusak 491). This quote refer to how Death does not understand how humans can act completely different, but still be the

The use of different colors can represent many things. Mr. Utterson and Mr. Poole are about to head out to find what is going on with Dr. Jekyll. While they both sit discussing the matter “ It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March, with a pale moon, lying on her back as though the wind had titled her” (Stevenson 36). This quote uses cold, wild, and pale (moon) those are all archetypes of death, loneliness, and evil. This was the night that Jekyll/ Hyde died.

Colors are apart of our everyday lives. They help us on dreaming, creating and increasing youthfulness. The author used colors to illustrate an importance behind objects, emotions, and characters. The various colors symbolize location, character traits and appearances.

When thinking about creating a mood with color, one of the first principles involved is the symbolic meanings of different shades. It’s not that artists all follow these meanings precisely, according to Nancy Coons, but they still provide a universally understood language that can reach a viewer.

In addition the effective use of dark colours such as green, black and brown plays a huge part in portraying the danger and confusion that takes part throughout the film representing death and the unknown.

Though it’s safe to say no color goes unused in this work, I notice a lot of usage of blues/purples, reds, and yellows. I believe he uses these colors to convey the message he is sending. The color gives the painting a lot of emotion, as if you’re looking at a sad mood turn into a bright happy one. In addition to its emotional effect, I can visualize the bright yellow at the top of the painting representing the sun. I can gather this from the title, as if the sun’s yellow rays are “glistening” on the blue hues below, possibly water.

Taking into account how the artist would think, one could conclude that they might discuss their anecdotal relationship to the colors. Perhaps an artist would think even though colors do not exist, they have affected everything from what we define as beauty to what we remain astray from in the world. Those colors to the artist would have a deeper meaning than just a natural phenomenon. Meaning behind color could symbolize purity, bloodshed, justice, envy, pride, joy, or depression. The artist will view color as part of what evokes human operation from a transcendent perspective.

To me the three mix of colours automatically point out more death, however the set of it is more described, with the colour white and black, as it gives off a dull, grave and quiet atmosphere. This is supported even more with the use of no dialogue; seen as a critical communicator amongst each of the characters. To me the Director’s purpose was to show the strangeness between each character, as each of them seemed as though none of them personally knew one another. This links back to the film the Dark knight, in the beginning during the bank robbery, as each criminal kills off the other for the higher reward, soon enough the Joker appears just as the priest, both seen as the vulture letting others do their dirty work. The feel of strangeness is also related to the text Montana 1948, as the aftermath result of Frank’s death. “The cemetery they made a point of standing on opposite side of the grave from us. Even I understood the symbolism: Frank’s death was an unbridgeable gulf between us” the author’s purpose was to portray the symbolism, of the indifferent perception of deceit, as Julian had hard reasons to believe Wes had done this too his brother through jealousy, whereas Wes’s perception, was to always obey to the law, a moral that he could not