According to information in the passage from the book thief, which inference can be best made about death?
"I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs."
a) death acts barbarically toward people that he visits.
b) death is jealous of the relationships of the living.
c) death wants to trade places with a living person.
d) death perceives the world differently than people do.