-The narrator is death. We know this when he says, ” I will be standing over you, as genially as possible.” This links to his statement at the beginning, (“You are going to die.”). This means that we will meet the being that he is describing himself as.

-The book thief has (leslie) comes from a poor family. Leslies mother was not able to look after and provide for leslie and her brother. So she is sending them to foster care