Theme Of Greed In All The Light We Cannot See

All the Greed We Cannot See? In Anthony Doerr 's historical fiction novel, "All the Light We Cannot See," two characters, Marie Laure a blind girl from France and Werner, a Nazi soldier, are connected through radio waves that aren 't visible. This however isn 't the only thing in this novel that isn 't visible to the naked eye. World War II was a war that was fought for many reason. One of those reasons was the greed of the dictators. The Nazi 's and Japan each wanted to widen their empires. They both wanted economic dominance. Doerr continues this theme of greed in his novel using characters like Sergeant Von Rumpel to show how greed can ruin a man 's happiness by taking away his ability to see what 's really important in this world. One character …show more content…
Werner grows up looking for a way to elude his predestination of becoming a miner. He decides the best way to do this is use his vast knowledge of radios and join the Wehrmacht. Ones he begins his studies the Nazi and school officials quickly strip the young Werner of his innocence. But why do the Nazi 's ruin these people 's lives? The Nazi 's believe that they should be more powerful, that they should have more influence around the world. They are willing to go to the extent to brainwash millions of young boys into thinking killing someone is just another number. It becomes like addition for Werner, " Only numbers. Pure math" (Doerr 335). The greed of the Nazi 's is the whole reason that World War II took place. The Nazi 's greed also robs Marie- Laure of her father, Daniel LeBlanc. Marie-Laure never even is given the opportunity to tell her father one more time that she loves him. The Nazi 's found his model of Saint-Malo as a threat to their power, "what about this notebook full of architectural measurements? A model for my daughter" (Doerr 196). Because of the Nazi 's greed, Marie- Laure never gets to see her father