The Book Thief
why is the seven sided die an appropriate symbol for the story
why is the seven sided die an appropriate symbol for the story
why is the seven sided die an appropriate symbol for the story
Death uses the seven-sided die as a metaphor. There's no such thing as a seven-sided die and to gamble with one would mean you're gambling on something impossible to win. Each of the chapters in this section depicts a die at the beginning of the story; seven stories, seven gambles, and seven die.