Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Book Thief... Is Death

In reading the Book Thief there is one thing i have to question. That question being: Is Death really guilty of murder. He himself even states that he is a result of human infraction.. So does Death truly have blood on his hands? Is Death guilty? If he is merely a product of human nature.Who are we to blame him for loss of human life. Like he says he is not malicious or evil. We have painted him as malicious and evil. We are so afraid of Death that we have truly surpassed or over looked what we should truly fear; each other. We are the ones who kill. We are the ones hate each other. We are the ones who fear each other. I know that living life in fear isn't a healthy way to live, but why live in fear of Death? Every one dies. No one lives forever. I think we live in fear of death because fearing death is simplier than looking at the inhumanities of one another. We use Death as a scape goat to justify our own actions. Death. Guilty or innocent. Innocent in my eyes. The only thing Death is guilty of is being a result to our actions.
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  1. Aaron MatneySeptember 17, 2009 at 8:21 PM

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  2. Aaron MatneySeptember 17, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    Meh. My Original post was worded terribly, so... yeah, redoing it!

    Anyways, I think you're right. We shouldn't fear Death because it's an inevitable outcome to life. But I also think that the Idea of Death is associated with Evil because of the simple fact that we're afraid of ourselves and what we're capable of. "Death" when personified, is the dark side of humanity. The outcome of our own evils, our own hatred and inner demons escaping and entering the world in a destructive and deadly way.

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  3. kristiSeptember 18, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    are you sure about this, Aaron--Death being the outcome of our own evils? I guess you could take a Biblical stance with this claim. Can death be beautiful?
    --k

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  4. RissSeptember 20, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    Death can be beautiful if you celebrate it, not condem it. Why just celebrate life...death is peacful...life not so much.Take patrick Swayze for example. he died with beauty and honor. he died beautifully with grace and love.Allowing your heart to believe in death as a natural thing makes death beautiful.Remember everyone goes eventually; its how you chose to go that counts.

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