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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. Werner started off as a young orphan who lived in a home with his sister Jutta, who he cared deeply for, and always protected. He was a very curious boy who loved to learn new things. Werner knew if he stayed living in the orphanage he would be sent to the mines and that is where his father died. Werner knew he did not want his life to end like his fathers. Werner became very infatuated with radios. He loved putting them together and fixing them. Werner and his sister would stay up all night listening to the radio that he fixed. They would sneak out at night and listen to a Frenchman’s broadcast. Werner goes into the National Political Institutes of Education, where they had him doing a lot of …show more content…
Even though Marie couldn’t see she loved to read. She went to the museum everyday with her father. On every one of her birthdays her father got her a brail book to read. Growing up Marie had to learn how to count her steps and to feel things to know where she was at and where she was going. Marie really had to become strong when moving to Saint-Malo. Her father had become distant from everybody. Marie started to become close to her uncle Etienne and his care taker Madame Manec. She was so eager to leave the house and walk around Saint-Malo and feel around. Her father refused and wouldn’t let her leave the
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief depicts the life of a certain young German girl named Liesel Meminger during World War II. Her story was told through the eyes of Death, who narrates both the blessings and devastation that occurred during that era. Liesel experiences living with her new foster parents and come across a boy named Rudy Steider who will later on become her best friend. As the story unfolds, Liesel gradually discovers the horrifying truth behind the Nazi regime as her foster parents take refuge of a Jewish man. Despite being in the midst of destruction and recently coping from her traumatic background, she undertakes on a journey of self-discovery and
It shows that people’s opinions of her matter to her more than her opinion of herself. Also, it is shown that her mother is the one who gave Jeannette the confidence to tell the story of her past, which later provoked her to write this memoir.
I read the book Soldier X by Don L. Wulffson that takes place during the world war II period. The main character of the book is a 16 year old German boy named Erik Brandt. Although Erik lives in Germany he is also half Russian and speaks Russian very well. Erik does not want to be a part of Hilters Nazi army during world war II but he is forced to fight on the side of the Nazis. During one battle of the war is he forced under a tank during a large scale battle with the Russians. He has no choice but to change clothes and gear with the Russian soldier and be now becomes part of the Russian army. He spends some time in the Russian army and then he gets wounded. He gets send to a Russian hospital and meets a nurse named Tamara. He falls in love with her but then one day the hospital is bombed and he has to escape with her and out of Russia. The story comes to an end with Erik and Tamara escaping Europe and making to over the Atlantic ocean to the United States to have kids and live the rest of there lives.
When Marie tries to ask the protagonist to take a walk, this action shows that she is trying to achieve Pauline’s dream by getting her outside of the house. Therefore, she could finally feel the true meaning of freedom. Nevertheless, Pauline’s mother’s response demonstrates that she wants her daughter’s safety more than anything. The mother tries to keep Pauline away from the danger, so the protagonist can at last have a healthier life. However, Agathe’s reply shows that her mother is willing to sacrifice Pauline’s dream to keep her secure. Therefore, the author uses contrasting characters to mention that safety is more valuable. Furthermore, the protagonist starts to describe Tante Marie and reveals that she always has her hair “around her shoulder” (85). When Pauline describes Marie, Pauline shows how her Tante is open-minded. In fact, Marie helps Pauline to let go of her limitations and to get a taste of her dream. Therefore, Marie always wants Pauline to go outside and play hockey or even to take a walk. These actions that Pauline’s Tante takes show how she is determinate to make Pauline’s dream come true. Thus, the author
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,
Marie Laure was residing in Paris with her father Daniel when she was diganosed with cataracts and became fully blind by the age of six. Her father was her everything he believed in her even when she did not believe in herself and he taught her everything she needed to know in order to become successful. Shortly after it becomes apparent that Paris will be overun by the Nazis so Marie-Laure and Daniel flee the city. Marie-Laure eventually loses her father and after the devastation her character grows immensely. Conformity takes over Marie-Laure as she is no longer allowed a choice, she follows the French resistance and does not question it which can be seen when she says “But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don 't you do the same?” (Doerr 1142-1143) Through this quote it can be acknowledged that although many believe that Marie-Laure is brave for overcoming her obstacle of being blind, Marie-Laure sees no sympathy for herself, she does not believe she is brave because she simply knows no other way than conforming to the society around her, she does what she does to keep her life. Therefore it can be seen through the situation and time period of the written work, conformity in which is very prevalent through the character of Marie-Laure. Moreover it is evident that citizens of the Hitler led countries were attuned with his orders because there voice could not be heard. While Marie-Laure still had the ability to see a Frenchmen exclaimed “open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever” (Doerr 123). Doerr expressed this statement several times in the novel after the Frenchmen had said it to Marie-Laure because it portrays the truth behind the quote. Although this could have been said to Marie-Laure about her blindness as she grew older
The chaos and destruction that the Nazi’s are causing are not changing the lives of only Jews, but also the lives of citizens in other countries. Between Night by Elie Wiesel and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, comradeship, faith, strength, and people of visions are crucial to the survival of principle characters. Ironically, in both stories there is a foreseen future, that both seemed to be ignored.
As the Queen of France, I think the author was able to convey the type of person that Marie was to her country. She was deeply devoted to her country but had a very soft spot for her home country of Austria. This would rub a lot of French people off and would, in the end, be her demise. She was caught in a few scandals that rocked her reputation and she was never able to recover from. There were rumors that two of her children were not the King’s biological children because Marie was in the presence of a man that people assumed she was in love with
Foremost, circumstances originally cause characters to alter their views and actions which will result in a loss of their identities without change. This idea is shown in All the Light We Cannot See, when Werner begins his final test for the Hitler Youth, which involves showing trust in the Nazi party. He jumps off a high platform to then be caught by a flag held by recruiters and after, “He rolls to his feet uninjured. The examiner clicks his stopwatch, scribbles on his clipboard, looks up. Their eyes meet for half a second . . . ‘Heil Hitler!’ yells Werner” (116). Unlike the boys who had done the activity previously, Werner does not hesitate to jump because he is desperate to make himself stand out as a way to prove his commitment to the Nazi party. He places himself in this situation not because he supports their cause, but rather because he believes his enrollment in the academy is the only way to pursue his innate talent of engineering. This idea shows he is willing to commit himself to a cause he has little knowledge in if that means he is able pursue the future he wants. Furthermore, when
Rene Descartes’ natural light is his saving grace, and not Achilles’ heel. Descartes incorporates the concept of natural light within his epistemology in order to establish the possibility of knowing things completely without doubt. In fact whatever is revealed to the meditator via the natural light is considered to be indefeasible. The warrant for the truth of these ideas does not rely on experience or the senses. Rather the truth of the idea depends on viewing the concept through clear and distinct perception. Descartes’ “I am, I exist”, (Med. 2, AT 7:25) or the ‘cogito’ is meant to serve as the basis for knowing things through clear and distinct perception. Descartes’ cogito is the first item of knowledge, although one may doubt such things as the existence of the body, one cannot doubt their ability to think. This is demonstrated in that by attempting to doubt one’s ability to think, one is engaging in the action of thought, thus proving that thinking is immune to doubt. With this first item of knowledge Descartes can proceed with his discussion of the possibility of unshakeable knowledge. However, Descartes runs into some difficulty when natural light collides with the possibility of an evil genie bent on deceiving the meditator thus putting once thought concrete truths into doubt. Through an analysis of the concept of natural light I
In principle, a light bulb, or lamp can be used, but the light must be
The art of storytelling has been around since the beginning of time. Stories keep people entertained and teach life lessons. Tales have been recorded in books and movies for centuries. The plot line is incredibly important to keep the audience captivated. However, an easily overlooked importance is the author’s literary choices, or how the story is told. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr crafts a beautiful tale of how a blind French girl and an orphan boy in the Third Reich collide in the heat of World War II. What makes this story amazing is the literary devices Doerr uses to keep the reader entertained. Anthony Doerr keeps the chapters short, uses switches between points of view, and uses flashbacks to create a novel that is hard
She ran passed the guards which luckily didn’t see her, but one guard stopped dead in his tracks and looked around, but alas, he quickly turned around to start a conversation with another guard, so she started running again. She saw and exit sign and ran right for it, but she was stopped by a guard with the biggest muscles she had ever seen. He slashed both of her arms and made here feel very weary. She felt like she was going to pass out from seeing so much blood, but she did not faint, she ran. She ducked between his legs and ran for the exit. He almost caught her, but she ran as hard and as rapid as she could and it paid off. She wanted to just turn back and go to the man who had been so kind to her, but she had learned not to run away from her problems from her mother. As soon as her mother left with Maire, Mariana regretted it. She wanted to be back in her husband’s arms, cuddling their children, but they were kidnapped as soon as they decided to turn back. After that, Mariana taught Marie never to run away from her problems and Marie had always done that ever since her mother preached to her to not run away. Marie, now remembering her mother very well, ran and ran, hoping to find her. When they first got kidnapped, they decided that wherever they got dropped off, their meeting place would be the beach, if the city had a beach. And if it did not, they would meet at town hall and find each other, so Marie ran for
However society does expect definite emotions to be connected to specific events. Emotions such as a physical representation of grief at his mother’s funeral, and a passionate desire for one’s significant other. His relationship with Marie further represents Meursault’s refusal to conform to society’s demands to express emotion. He thinks nothing of having an affair with her right after his mother’s funeral. When they are together he is solely focused on her body and physical elements as, “[he] helped her onto a buoy…as [he] did so, [he] brushed against her breasts” and, “she had her leg pressed against mine, and I was fondling her breasts.” He “really fancied her because she was wearing a pretty red and white striped dress and leather sandals. You could see the shape of her firm breasts and her suntanned face was like a flower.” All of his observations of Marie are physical, noticing her outer beauty not her inner characteristics or personality. Despite society’s expectation that people be loved for who they are not what they look like, Meursault’s attraction to Marie is purely physical which is proved when she visits him in jail and he, “wanted to squeeze
At first, it will seem there is no benefit in Marie staying with someone who claimed to not love her back. However, it is Meursault's character that ironically allures Marie. His allegiance to Marie is indefinite - there will be no fickle moods, no falling out of love, and he is compliant enough to marry her (Camus 41). In addition, Meursault is shown to be reasonable enough to honor commitments such as his job. Such a man will be a secure and practical choice to father her children: stable, simple, agreeable. Criticism might follow - what if Meursault no longer finds her attractive and cheats? What if he abandons the child because it is intolerable to his senses; or worse, murders it? Yet these questions are only valid when his oddness overshadows the honest integrity of his character. He is a man who live in his own world, but is faithful to those who involve him in theirs and has proven his loyalty. To Marie, he is a good man with flaws, and that is all. Therefore, it is these traits that allow the presumption that their relationship is partially based on him being an appropriate partner to reproduce