Novel Info Continued... The story changes point of view. There is a lot of second person, especially in the beginning. However, Death talks about himself in first person a lot as well when describing the colors and carrying souls away. Then, when he describes Liesel, outside characteristics and feelings, there is third person point of view. The tone of this story is very sarcastic. The narrator of the story, Death, makes the point of inserting jokes. One example of this is, "White is without question a color, and personally, I don't think you want to argue with me." However, the mood is extremely depressing. This is proven with the lines, "Within minutes, mounds of concrete and earth were stacked and piled. The streets were ruptured veins. Blood streamed till it was dried on the road, and the bodies stuck there..." Within the story, there were battles on the outside, and on the inside. One of the external conflicts was Max versus Germany. Max is a Jew, and Jews were largely discriminated against. In fact, there was a genocide against Jews in Germany, so Max was always in danger. Then there is the internal conflict where Liesel is trying to fight the haunting memories of her deceased brother, Werner. She loved him, so she doesn't want to completely forget him, but the terrorizing nightmares are causing her feel as if she was going insane. Besides the conflicts, there is also plenty of irony. An example of this is when Death explains Max's use of Mein Kampf to save his life. One line describing this is, "Mein Kampf to save his life. Of all the things to save him." This is irony because the book, Mein Kampf, talked of getting rid of Jewish people, and was written by the head of the Jewish genocide, Hitler. Max was Jewish, so using a book that convinces people to hate and kill Jewish people is a strange choice to save a life. Towards the end of book, there is the climax. The climax of the story is when Himmel Street is bombed. It is the climax because everybody died except for Liesel, so her life was forever changed. Following this is the falling action and resolution. The falling action was when Liesel reunited with Max many years after the Holocaust. The resolution of the story is when Liesel dies of old age and finally meets Death.