The Book Thief Book Club #2

Why is Death haunted by humans? How did Death perceive the best and worst of humans? How accurate do you think his views are? Use page numbers from the book and quotes to support your answer.

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Domino pieces are called bones and when you play dominoes you draw from the boneyard. Rudy and his sisters play dominoes and watch them fall. On page 410, Kurt, Rudy's brother, says, "They look like dead bodies." How are the dominoes on the book's cover symbolic of the Holocaust and World War II?

After nineteen wonderfully insightful comments on the dominoes, I am more interested to hear from the others about the rest of the symbolism in this novel. What other symbols are used in the story? Can you explain them as fantastically as the other folks explained the symbolism of the dominoes and the Holocaust and WWII? I can't wait to read your entries!