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All The Light We Cannot See Essay

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Werner is a special German soldier who has the job of inventing “transceivers” and tracking down radios. Though he is very intelligent, he is only around the age of 16. Marie-Laure is a French girl who is disabled by the loss of her sight. In this winding, capturing story, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, the two characters meet face to face. Werner had traveled a lot for his time. Marie-Laure was completely oblivious to the fact that Werner had ever laid his eyes on her before the time they had met in her uncle’s house. Marie-Laure’s uncle had a very large radio in the attic of his mansion. Everyday that he was gone, she continued his work by either reading a story or speaking for people with loved ones missing. At the end of her program, she would play a lovely tune that enchanted the soul. Sergeant Von Rumpel is a dying cow☺ on a mission to find a very magical stone called the Sea of Flames. After finding the three duplicates, he is able to find the explicit stone. The stone though, is left behind with a blind teenager names Marie-Laure. I give this book a B+. The book was very well written and used a lot of …show more content…

Because the book’s chapters were divided by time periods and frequently flipped back and forth between characters, the book was difficult to keep up with. Sometimes, I would read about a character then not hear about them for 100-or-so pages. By the time I heard of the character again, I had forgotten who that character was and their importance in the story, this made it frustrating to read. Another thing that kept me detached from the book was the excitement and there wasn’t much of it. I hated and loved this addition to the story. I hated it because it was tragic and made me cry. I loved it because it showed so much about the characters, where they stand, and it gave depth and meaning to the book. This was the excitement the book was missing. I wish the book had more ominous details like this portion

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