I died yesterday.
Death came to me. I saw him and met him proudly with my soul sitting straight up. I was proud to die. I have lived a life full of joy and sadness, because without sadness we cannot know true joy. I had three children, who have children. I was reunited with Max, I worked with Rudy's father. All my life, I never forgot my years as the book thief.
I left mortality from Sydney, Australia, house number 45.
Then Death talked to me. He put me down and pulled out a little black book.
"Is that really it?" My book that had been lost for so long. I couldn't believe it.
I opened the book and read, reflecting on my life as a thirteen year old. I remembered my Himmel Street, my home, in ruins.
Death told me he had read my book many times. My hope for someone to enjoy it was fulfilled.
"Did you understand it?"
I wasn't sure that I completely understood it. I looked at the little black book and found profound truths about life hidden there. My emotions were real and human. However, I wondered if Death could learn anything from me.
I thought about humans, how different we are from each other, and yet how much we share. We are conflicted, and we make choices. We are the only ones to make a choice. We may choose bad, we may choose good.
Death told me, "I am haunted by humans."
Yet, the hint in his voice said more. It said, "You are so complicated. I am haunted by memories of goodness, memories of evil. I have seen all and can be everywhere. I am Death, and yet, I love humans."
August 12, 2006
25 comments:
SPOOKY BOOK. Good job, makes me want to read the book. Nice background too and great dialogue.
I enjoyed this blog. It was very well written and it used specific details and quotes from the book. I didn't spot any typos. This blog makes me think that I might like this book if I read it. Great job.
I really enjoyed reading this blog. You have a great voice and writing style. You are very good and knowing how to draw the reader in.
I like that you had wrote the entries not like a journal. You had lots of information to prove that you had read the book. I think you done a great job.
Marisa Santeco
Very nice job. Better voice. Less like an essay. Really, really good layout. Especially with the pictures, it brings a greater effect to the whole thing.
well after reading the first sentence i could tell you read the book. The writing was amazing. I also really liked your whole setup, creepy but shweet!
Good job! I really liked it! You did a good job of making it interesting. Your last entry was very interesting. I'm not sure I understood the talking with death thing, but if I read the book I'm sure I would. Good job!
Wow! I want to read this book. It has almost everything to make it interesting. You can tell by my reaction that you have done a good job in expressing your book.
-PJ
Good job! You got into the character really well, and I completely forgot that I was reading someone else's writing. The decor was really good as well, very suiting. You really drew me in.
The other Josi
Whoa. Talk about intense. The imagrey was displayed very well. I really felt like I was there, like you were really talking to me (which is real real good) haha. No joke,i wanna read this book and seriously has me craving to read more and more about it. woo hoo.
PEACE.LOVE.HAPPINESS.
-STARGIRL
where are the words?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???????????????????????????
Wow your whole page was awesome. I could really tell that you read the book and you enjoyed it. Your blogs are so detailed and descriptive its like im reading the book. I love your style of writing. Your going to be a really creative artist one day.
REALLY good! I really enjoyed reading this blog. It had so much detail and drew me in fom the very start. I really like how your have alot of emotion and feelings in in too. Also i just want to point out that everything on this page really goes together. very nice=]!
Very well done. I love the little details that pull the whole thing together. The layout and pictures are fabulous. I loved the way you wrote the blogs. It made it seem mysterious. It's really cool how you pulled a bunch of ideas together and made them flow. Now I really want to read the book.
I really liked your blog. it reminded me of a really good book, one that you don't want to put down until you are finished. i think that i what the actual book is like also. i will have to read it and find out.
DUDE!! you just made me feel like I want to read this book. you made it interesting to people. you put every detail in it that you can think of. Great job
Takeo Out
---Vylen Valdez
ooooooooo....... very good job. it is well written. i LOVE the background it matches the blog/book.
good job
-vika manu
WOW i never heard of this book, but i like it :D i like stories that have a back from the grave story and they are in this relm and they are talking to god or death or something. good book i might pick it up
-tristen Harbowy
this book sounds really interesting. it gives me a different perspective on dying. i guess it is not so bad after all.
HI-
first of all, i loved ur background!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also, Your writng is so well done. this book sounds very intresting. i would like to read it sometime.
-syd foster
josie omg i dont know what to say that was awsome it wasnt boring or anything its the best one i have seen yet and the story sounds really good=)its katelin by the way=) any way i loved it!!
WHOA! great imagery on a scale of 1-10 I give it a 10 great job.
FREAKY!
I am so reading this book next.
This was a very well written blog and it was very interesting. It makes me want to read the book. I like the design of your blog.
omg I love this book!!! <-- just finished reading it.
I love how you added the part after Death said, "I am haunted by humans." Love it!!!
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