Most don’t live through a time as tragic as world war two, yet everybody faces personal tragedies throughout their lives. Whether it is the loss of a loved one, divorce of parents, or a near death experience everybody has had a tragic season throughout life. Doerr shows us the problems with stuffing these emotions and not facing them. Two main character’s stuff their emotions one by personal choice, and the other by external pressures. The significance of hardship experienced by both characters should be a warning to all to be open about things that are kept bottled inside to avoid hardships created by them. In All the Lights We Can Not See, Anthony Doerr uses the lives of Werner and Marie-Laure to demonstrate that no matter how one carries
