Symbolism In All The Light We Cannot See

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In the novel “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, I noticed there was numerous amounts of symbolism, one which stood out to me was the radio. Werner who is one of the main characters would always be fascinated by radios due to a show he would listen to by a professor named Etienne. He was selected to attend the National Political Institute due to his extortionary ability to fix any radio. After in the book Marie, who is the other main character and who is Etienne's grandniece became curious and wondered if anyone would still listen to her great uncles broadcast. At that same moment Werner was investigating an enemy transmission and eventually found the source and visited it to find in astonishment that it was a blind girl he thinks

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