What is the significance of the opening scene of 'the book thief'?

1 answer:

3 0

In the opening scene, death is trying to gain the reader's trust by talking to him/her as if it were a human being. The reader becomes confused at the beginning and then starts to accept the fact that death is a natural occurrence.
Death is showing the reader that it was very busy during World War II.
By the end of this scene, death managed to introduce itself as a main character and a reliable narrator for the book.

You might be interested in

What the subject of this text

Tju [1.3M]

Answer:

English

Explanation:

English is also known as, ELA (English Language Arts) and literature.

5 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

The regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems is called the rhyme _______.

Svet_ta [14]

I think rhyme scheme which is a repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the end of lines

4 0

3 years ago

Which sentence best explains how the tone reveals the narrator’s perspective?

katen-ka-za [31]

Answer:

A). The narrator is frightened because she is Muslim making a Catholic confession.

Explanation:

The tone is described as the approach or attitude of the author towards a particular subject matter reflected through the choice of words or language employed. It serves to provide the audience with a perspective or viewpoint to consider or look at a particular text and enhances their curiosity to read and evoke the desired feeling or response that the author intends to invoke.

As per the question, the sentence that best reveals how the tone discloses the author's attitude/perspective is displayed through option A as the description 'frightened...Muslim making a Catholic confession' reflects the author's perspective towards portraying the strict religious beliefs and terror associated with it(being declared as a heretic). Thus, option A is the correct answer.

4 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Select the correct answer. Simplify the following expression. (4x + 7)^2

choli [55]

The simplified expression is $(4x+7)^2=16x^2+56x+49$