4 The Flag
The last time Death sees the book thief, the color is red, as many people have died in a bombing. She survives, clinging to a book. Death wants to apologize to the girl, but cannot. When she drops her book in grief, he picks it up and carries it with him. Death says it is one of many stories told to justify human existence to Death. He offers to share the story with the reader. The white, black, and red form the Nazi flag.