All The Light We Cannot See Essay

“Open your eyes, concludes the man, and see what you can with them before they close forever.” All The Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr, is an incredibly eye opening book about the ways of seeing the world. This book follows blind Marie-Laure a french girl, and Werner a orphaned german boy. The setting takes place during World War Two and follows Marie-Laure and Werner every other chapter describing their lives, and how they are affected by this horrendous time. As you read you grow attached to these essentially forgotten people who are invisible in every sense but yet seem as so important and tediously placed in the world. This book focuses on how the world can be seen in more ways than just with your eyes. Focusing majorly on sciences to help the main characters make sense of the complex world they are living in. Marie-Laure has to learn to live in the world as a blind girl. To help her, her father makes a small miniature of their neighborhood, so that she can memorize it, and be able to navigate her way home. On page 44, lines 1-4, Marie explains what goes on as she tries to navigate. “Sixteen paces to the water fountain, sixteen back. …show more content…
He refuses and focuses on his knowledge of math and physics. On page 58, line 25-28 It describes how many look down on his plan of evading the worlds horrors. “The vice minister sets down The Principles of Mechanics and pushes it away, then glances at his palms as though it has made them dirty. He says “The only place your brother is going little girl, is into the mines. As soon as he turns fifteen. Same as every other boy in this house.” Werner looks to try and see the world in a different light and help him easily make sense of what is going on in the world. As he continues it is proven to him that his knowledge of math and science in no way helped him prepare for the dramatized life during World War