All The Light We Cannot See Sparknotes

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The book All the Light We Cannot See is mainly about two teenagers during World War II. Werner Pfennig, a German orphan boy who is recruited into the Nazis, and Marie-Laure Leblanc, a blind French girl living in a Nazi-owned territory in France, Throughout the story, we see how both try to survive the war in different ways, having their own struggles and difficulties to face. Experiencing this type of trauma at such a young age forces both Werner and Maire-Laure to act way more mature than kids their age should be. Throughout the book, we see this as how trauma affects kids, forcing them to grow up faster and not live their childhood, leading to negative mental effects and either distant or close relationships with those around them. An example is Maurie-Laures's relationship …show more content…

He and Jutta would often listen to radio broadcasts at night, even if they were from opposing countries. This communication with other people would create a loss of feeling isolated because of what they could hear from other people while living in a poor orphanage and no family. On the other hand, the inside of the cake gives color and lightness. On the bottom tier of the cake, you can see a red-pink color to represent love and how even though kids are affected by trauma mentally and emotionally, they still have love and support for others. An example of this is showing love even during difficult times. The other color on the top tier is a yellow color to represent light. Like in the title of the book All the Light We Cannot See, you are not able to see the light inside the cake until you cut it open. Light throughout the book represents the hope everyone has during the war. Kids, even when suffering, tend to have hope for the future because of their ongoing imagination and spark for life. You see this when () shows his/her hope that continues. The flavors of the cake also go along with the big idea as

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