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After reading far past the halfway point of this book, I am still reading back and forth from the perspectives of Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig. I am currently at the seventh segment of the novel; each presenting a different time period of the story (1940, 1944, 1938, etc).
Previously, both main characters were sheltered by their family and avoided the negative impacts brought by World War II.
Now, each of them are being thrusted closer, and closer to the tragedies of war and begin to see the world differently. Marie-Laure is separated from her father and begins a life of solitude in Saint-Malo, an imprisoned city taken over by the Germans. Werner begins to witness the cruelty of blind faith and the worth of his own life and …show more content…
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Looking at All the Light We Cannot See from an archetypal lens, it was clear to see that both characters originated from the ordinary world. Marie-Laure, although blind at the age of six, lives a peaceful life in Paris by her father 's side. Werner lives in an orphanage with his sister and a warmhearted community.
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Consequently, as almost every other traditional novel follows, the (in this case, both) main character experiences the call to adventure. Marie-Laure is force to leave Paris because of her father 's task; to deliver the Sea of Flames (there are 3 fakes and one real one in this novel). Werner is forced to leave his orphanage by the time he turns 15 because of the fact that Germany is in …show more content…
Throughout the entirety of Marie 's life, her father has been extremely supportive and always reassures her about war and themselves. And as the title implies, Marie 's father teaches her how to navigate Paris and Saint-Malo while blind working on a city model "as if against some deadline known only to him" (Doerr 167). It looks like Marie is being prepared for some unknown ordeal (which could be the stranger at her house later on). His role as a mentor as becomes more evident during her ordeal when it seems as if her father is speaking to her mind, in order to guide her.
"A rescuer would be calling for survivors, ma chérie. You have to move. You have to hide." - Marie 's Father (Doerr 303)
Now the interesting, but sad part of this criticism. I don 't see any hero. Many side characters are forgotten, killed, imprisoned, or missing, plunging Marie-Laure and Werner deeper into the consequences of war.
After reading far past the halfway point of this book, I am still reading back and forth from the perspectives of Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig. I am currently at the seventh segment of the novel; each presenting a different time period of the story (1940, 1944, 1938, etc).
Previously, both main characters were sheltered by their family and avoided the negative impacts brought by World War II.
Now, each of them are being thrusted closer, and closer to the tragedies of war and begin to see the world differently. Marie-Laure is separated from her father and begins a life of solitude in Saint-Malo, an imprisoned city taken over by the Germans. Werner begins to witness the cruelty of blind faith and the worth of his own life and …show more content…
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Looking at All the Light We Cannot See from an archetypal lens, it was clear to see that both characters originated from the ordinary world. Marie-Laure, although blind at the age of six, lives a peaceful life in Paris by her father 's side. Werner lives in an orphanage with his sister and a warmhearted community.
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Consequently, as almost every other traditional novel follows, the (in this case, both) main character experiences the call to adventure. Marie-Laure is force to leave Paris because of her father 's task; to deliver the Sea of Flames (there are 3 fakes and one real one in this novel). Werner is forced to leave his orphanage by the time he turns 15 because of the fact that Germany is in …show more content…
Throughout the entirety of Marie 's life, her father has been extremely supportive and always reassures her about war and themselves. And as the title implies, Marie 's father teaches her how to navigate Paris and Saint-Malo while blind working on a city model "as if against some deadline known only to him" (Doerr 167). It looks like Marie is being prepared for some unknown ordeal (which could be the stranger at her house later on). His role as a mentor as becomes more evident during her ordeal when it seems as if her father is speaking to her mind, in order to guide her.
"A rescuer would be calling for survivors, ma chérie. You have to move. You have to hide." - Marie 's Father (Doerr 303)
Now the interesting, but sad part of this criticism. I don 't see any hero. Many side characters are forgotten, killed, imprisoned, or missing, plunging Marie-Laure and Werner deeper into the consequences of war.