The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

QUESTION:

“How did Markus Zusak employ features of the genre Magical Realism to convey his ideas about human existence in his novel The Book Thief?”

Intro:
how Marcus Zusak uses Magical realism to challenge the preconceptions of the reader.

Paragraph 1:
Magical realism

Paragraph 2:
Death (Character) – How Death is used to normalise the horrors of WW2 (Human Nature)
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Paragraph 3:
Molching (Setting) – how Molching is used to portray German citizens during WW2
– “Quite a way beyond the outskirts of Munich, there was a town called Molching”
– “to a street by the name of Himmel”
– “Whoever named Himmel Street has a healthy sense of irony. Not that it was a living hell. It wasn’t. But it sure wasn’t heaven, either.”

Paragraph 4:
The Books (Symbol) – The power of words
“Yes, the Führer decided that he would rule the world with words.”
“She was the book thief without the words” But trust me, the words were on their way”
Mein Kampf
“How fitting it was that she was discovering the power of words” 
“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this, the Fuhrer was nothing. What good were the words?”
“she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words”

Conclusion:
conclude points