All The Light We Cannot See Essay

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My book, “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, talks about a blind girl who falls for a German soldier. The most exciting thing about this book is the setting and the characters. They are unique and creative. You should be interested in reading this book because it shows the importance that looks do not matter in love. If your love is so powerful and strong it can overcome through the hardest and difficult obstacles. The most interesting character would have to be Marie-Laure or her father. Marie-Laure is blind and went through war. Yet she still managed to find the love of her life. She looked past looks because she can’t see and got to now the boy for who he is. He was a German soldier, a Nazi. No one respected him for what he does. …show more content…

Their love was hard to conquer because of the difficulties in war. She would have to wait for him and be worried that he might not come back. Her father did not approve of him because he was a Nazi and did not trust the boys instincts. Through Werner’s perspective, he just wants to get the war over with and get home to Marie-Laure. In the end, Marie-Laure gets pregnant but Werner dies. Werner dies at war and Marie-Laure raises the child herself. In the epilogue, she is happy with her son, Michael, and still lives with her father. He learned to accept Werner and was also hurt by the incident that happened. However, he is old and fragile, yet he is willing to stay strong for his daughter through everything because he promised he would always be there for her. The story was told in third-person omniscient. It would talk about Marie-Laure’s life and then switch to Werner. This effects the story in a well written way. It talks about both of the characters feelings and situations. They are both going through war in a personal way but when they find each other, they are at peace. If the story was told at a different time, such as modern day, it wouldn’t be the same. There is no war going on recently and technology ruins the suspense of them seeing each

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