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
The book All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer, was not your traditional love and war story. It’s about a young blind girl named Marie growing up in the war, who had a connection with a young boy named Werner who is a part of the Hitler youth. There are a few other characters who are all in different parts of the world, and yet they eventually all meet up together and find out they all have some type of connection between each other. All of the characters in the book were affected by the war, and caused them to change into the characters that they ended up to be.
War was one of the most difficult and brutal things a society could ever go through. World War II was especially terrible because it affected so many people.World War II was centered in Europe and the people of the European countries felt the effects much more than many of the other countries that were also participating in the world war. In the book All the Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr, the story took place during World War II in Europe, the center stage for the war. This war was one of the most difficult wars because it destroyed homes, displaced thousands, tore families apart, killed off loved ones, and forced people to make tough decisions they had to live with for the rest of their lives. In All The Light We Cannot See,
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness,” Desmond Tutu once said (“Desmond Tutu Quotes”). During the Holocaust, the Jews were treated very badly but some managed to stay hopeful through this horrible time. The book Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer shows how Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck who had two very different stories but managed to stay hopeful. Helen was a Jew who went into hiding for awhile before being taken away from her family and being sent to a concentration camp. Alfons was a member of the Hitler Youth where he became the youngest member of the German air force. To him, Hitler was everything and he would die any day for him and his country. As for Helen, Hitler was the man ruining her life. The Holocaust was horrible to live through but some managed to survive because of the hope they contained.
The Silber Medal winning biography, “Surviving Hitler," written by Andrea Warren paints picture of life for teenagers during the Holocaust, mainly by telling the story of Jack Mandelbaum. Avoiding the use of historical analysis, Warren, along with Mandelbaum’s experiences, explains how Jack, along with a few other Jewish and non-Jewish people survived.
The use of light and dark motifs by Mulisch explains many reactions of Anton when encountered with problems of his past. Perception of darkness Anton Steinwijk, the main character, experiences such assault by soldiers during the Occupation and his family being shot by them. His desire to leave what has happened to him in the past has been influenced thoroughly by some of the people he encounters as well as the trauma. Light and darkness symbolizes Anton's sense perception as well as moral issues conveyed by people he met, which influences him observing the war and his past years of life, and the desire to leave the past behind and move on.
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man tells of one man's realizations of the world. This man, the invisible man, comes to realize through experience what the world is really like. He realizes that there is illusion and there is reality, and reality is seen through light. The Invisible Man says, "Nothing, storm or flood, must get in the way of our need for light and ever more and brighter light. The truth is the light and light is the truth" (7). Ellison uses light as a symbol for this truth, or reality of the world, along with contrasts between dark/light and black/white to help show the invisible man's evolving understanding of the concept that the people of the world need to be shown their true ways. The invisible man becomes aware of the world's truth through time and only then is he able to fully understand the world in which he lives.
While many people believe that trauma has to haunt people forever and they will never forget about it,with the proper healing and help from other people they are able to let go of their past and come to love the future. The renowned Doctor Peter A. Levine once said,” Trauma is a fact of life, it does not, however, have to be a life sentence.” The memoir Night by Ellie Weisel is a powerful book that details his life as a young teenager during the traumatic experiences of the Holocaust. In the beginning, Elli loses his sister and mother to the selection and has to survive and persevere the harsh life in Auschwitz and later was transferred to Nazi Germany. In this camp he was whipped and beaten and made to run for miles on end, but through this harsh time his father was lost due to total exhaustion, but not too long after this he was freed by the Allied troops.
Trauma can lead to dehumanization, losing so many people in your life can make you lose all emotion towards death. In the book All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, a soldier, Paul Baumer and his friends experience life on the German Western Front during World War I. He joins the army based on nationalism and regrets his decision of fighting for his country because of the realities of war which are harsh. Creating a bond with Kat, an older man, and forming bonds with other soldiers are the only good things about war. Despite the hardships of sudden bombardments, gas attacks, and witnessing so many deaths, they still manage
The audience’s focus was meant to be on the experience and life of a fun-loving German boy named Bruno. Surrounding this eight-year-old boy were conspicuous Nazi influences. Bruno is just an example of a young child among many others oblivious of buildings draped in flags, and Jewish civilians who are seen briefly being forced out of homes and into loading trucks.... ... middle of paper ...
Using lines and basic shapes to emphasize shading and detail and then teamed with such a complex theme, Art’s story and graphics join together in a complimentary marriage. With the nearly childlike drawings and the intense mature storyline, there is a message that this is being written by the child telling the story of the parent. The story emphasizes his father’s inability to grow and repair from his past but even without the words you can almost see that Art has never truly be able to move past his the trauma of growing up with his parents. Using his frustrations and the need to explore the history of his father’s idiosyncrasies, Art creates a poignant story not only about the tragedy of the holocaust, but of the realities of being a child growing up with survivor parents.
The rough costumes and facial reactions of JoJo provide an insight into how children were impacted by the war both physically and mentally during WWII in Germany. Percival, on the other hand, presents his idea on the impacts of war on children through children’s perspective in a very similar manner. The costume of Liesel, when she is taken out is shown as extremely damaged, filled with dirt, torn and her facial presentation of her messed up face represents the physical impact a war can have on children during WWII. The mid shot of Liesel’s facial reaction and acting of crying hard while grieving for each family member highlights the fear of children during the war for losing their loved ones, and the mental impact war potentially had on children during WWII. In conclusion, both Waititi and Brian Percival explore the devastating impact of war on children through camera angles, acting, and costumes, ultimately providing the audience with a powerful and poignant perspective of children on the harsh realities of war during
All the Light We Cannot see is the story of a father and his 12 year old daughter named Marie-Laure, who has become blind from cataracts. During world war two in Paris. The father, a locksmith who works for the Museum of Natural History, in which lies a priceless stone called the Sea of Flames. It is believed that the person in whose possession it is in will be immortal, but that everyone around them would instead suffer greatly. As the Germans invade Paris, Marie-Laure and her father move to the coast to live with their uncle. The father takes the stone with him.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that” (Martin Luther King Jr.). Martin Luther may not have been writing this about The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but it clearly connects. Throughout this book sin and purity are depicted by light and darkness. There are many examples of this in The Scarlet Letter.
Lucie Brock-Broido’s poem, “The Halo That Would Not Light,” reflects the fleeting nature of childhood and the innocence that accompanies it. “Halo,” as used in the title holds the connotations of purity and innocence, the same purity and innocence that occupy the adolescence of many. Once one surpasses childhood, he may not regain the innocence, or more aptly, the blissful ignorance that he once had. When a person reaches the point of adulthood, he loses the power to reignite this metaphorical “halo” and recover his adolescent purity. Broido utilizes allusion to give rise to the sense of abandonment and devastation that plague children as they are set free by their parents and pushed full-force into adulthood.
While one of the most horrific acts in human history has occurred and is occurring, most small children continued with their life as just kids having fun with friends. This shows teens that many people are alike, even though people are from different countries. Having to see the childhood of a young German boy in WW2, shows the importance of how alike children from all over the world can