One of the key similarities between the two stories in All the Light We Cannot See is the presence of a particularly fortified, loving relationship between certain characters. Marie-Laure LeBlanc was extremely close with her father, Daniel LeBlanc just as Werner Pfennig was extremely close with his sister, Jutta Pfennig, and their caretaker, Frau Elena. The Marie-Laure and Werner came to test and justified that the relationships they had with their families was unbreakable. In the novel All the Light we Cannot See, Anthony Doerr proved that the relationships we have with our loved ones will forever give us the strength to persevere.
All the Light We Cannot See provided a unique perspective of World War 2 through the eyes of the two protagonists, one of which being Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind young lady living in Saint-Malo, France in 1944. After Marie loses her sight when she is just six years old to cataracts, her father, Daniel LeBlanc, a locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, built a detailed miniature model of the city for her to navigate and memorize. He goes to remarkable lengths to encourage and advance her adaptation to her blindness as the war approaches and bombs begin to drop.
Anthony Doerr conveys Mr. LeBlanc’s love for Marie through his overwhelming persistence …show more content…
In the novel, we learn that Daniel LeBlanc became powerfully close with Marie-Laure after the death of his wife, as any father would. Similarly, Werner and Jutta Pfennig’s love for one another roots close to the grief and anguish at having lost their father at such a young age. Throughout the story, the families were subject to pain and tragedy, much like many of the other families in World War 2. However, the families are also uniquely positive forces in the novel, for the characters respond to tragedy with more love, encouragement and
All the Light We Cannot See provided a unique perspective of World War 2 through the eyes of the two protagonists, one of which being Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind young lady living in Saint-Malo, France in 1944. After Marie loses her sight when she is just six years old to cataracts, her father, Daniel LeBlanc, a locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, built a detailed miniature model of the city for her to navigate and memorize. He goes to remarkable lengths to encourage and advance her adaptation to her blindness as the war approaches and bombs begin to drop.
Anthony Doerr conveys Mr. LeBlanc’s love for Marie through his overwhelming persistence …show more content…
In the novel, we learn that Daniel LeBlanc became powerfully close with Marie-Laure after the death of his wife, as any father would. Similarly, Werner and Jutta Pfennig’s love for one another roots close to the grief and anguish at having lost their father at such a young age. Throughout the story, the families were subject to pain and tragedy, much like many of the other families in World War 2. However, the families are also uniquely positive forces in the novel, for the characters respond to tragedy with more love, encouragement and