All The Light We Cannot See Summary

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The theme of crucial decisions is the backbone to any storyline, decisions can vary from joining an academy in Schulpforta,Germany, or to move away to a walled city on the coast. Major decisions alway will have a major role in any element to a story. In this essay, I will be talking about how decisions between Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig impact the story with their major decisions, All The Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr,.
I will start with the big decisions of Marie-Laure LeBlanc and and everyone involved in her life. Like her father, Daniel. In the beginning of the book, the Germans invade France. There are multiple rumors that Marie-Laure hears while she is out of the house. Worried, she goes to her father and asks if these rumors are true, like any normal father would say to a little girl worried about something is”everything will be fine Ma Chérie”. Though on the inside he is thinking very hard about the Germans reaching Paris and hunting for every cripple or defected person they can. Eventually, he makes a very crucial decision on leaving Paris and eventually arriving in Saint Malo. If he had made the decision to not leave Paris and chance on the French
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At the end of the book Marie-Laure is left with the Sea of Flames and had no use for it, also the Sea Of Flames makes whoever possesses it will live forever, but every loved one will be cursed. So that no one else would be cursed she threw it in the “ocean” or water in the grotto and locked it. She also gave the key to Werner so no one else would be able to find it unless they take the key from Werner. I find importance in this because since the Sea of Flames is locked up in the grotto, it can no longer curse anyone’s

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