Most of this story has dealt with any personal stories of soldiers. What is your reaction to “The Snows of Stalingrad”? How does this add to the characterization of the narrator? What is the effect of showing how the narrator and the people exprience the

Death tries hard to be objective but we get a sense that he tires of the violence. Death explains how Michael's brother Robert died: on a freezing cold January day in Russia, Robert's legs were blown off. He was brought to the temporary hospital and died three days later, his brother at his side. At Frau Holtzapfel's home, Liesel reads to Michael and his crying mother.