Book Report On All The Light We Cannot See

In the exceptional novel All the Light We Cannot See, author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of two young adults whom had to experience life during World War II.

Jean goes on to share his experiences at the hospital, explaining his life on a day-to-day basis. He talks about his different doctors and therapists, the tortures that come with an inability to move, and what it’s like to be bathed, dressed, and fed. His right eye is eventually sewn up, as the eyelid no longer functioned. Bauby describes the communication code he sets up with his speech therapist, Sandrine, in which she recites the alphabet and he blinks when she calls the right letter. Friends and family sometimes visit Jean-Do. He recounts a day he spent with his children and their mother, on the beach, for father’s day, among other visits. Bauby also reminisce about his life before the stroke, recalling his early days as a journalist, shaving his father, a pilgrimage he once took with his lover, and, finally, the day of his stroke. At the end of the book, Bauby sees the contents of a half-open purse on a nearby table, a hotel room key, a metro ticket, and a hundred-franc note, and realizes that these ordinary objects have become alien to him: remnants of a way of life he has become a stranger to. This forces Bauby to realize that he is beginning a new life, and must acknowledge this in order to move ahead. This differs from the beginning of the book, in which he only displays a longing for life to return to how it was before the stroke. It is not until he truly accepts his condition that Bauby’s mind is able to soar like a

Firstly, Every hardship and obstacles she endured throughout her childhood helped Jeannette to become a successful adult.Jeannette’s parent were very unpredictable, her mother was self absorbed in her hobbies, and her father was an interminable alcoholic. Even though her parent neglected and gave less attention to Jeannette,

Anthony Doerr proves the individual writing style in his characters development, symbols, and conflict in the novel “All The Light We Cannot See”. In his unique was he creates the characters who are believable and relatable to readers, yet unordinary, with the struggles and suffering a real person would do. This book brings an inscredible amount of feelings and inspiration for life to truly value the life and remember that the huge price was paid for the peace in which most of the today’s world

The radio that is presented from the book “All the Light We Cannot See” is a metaphor for the hope and the many untold stories in World War II. The characters Marie-Laure and Werner were trapped in a seemingly hopeless situation during the German occupation in Normandy during World War II. The radio that was found, and restored, by Werner gave them a sense of hope when they would listen to stories and lessons from voices around the world. Although the children could not do anything about the war that was raging outside and their possible inevitable fate, the radio gave them a brief mental break from their troubles. The radio is important in the story because the radio admits soundwaves that we cannot see in the same way we cannot see light.

“Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” - Eric Burdon. The theme of good versus evil can be applied to almost every novel but in different aspects. In the novel, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, plays a good and evil side at the same time. This book is in the time period of WWII in Paris, France following a blind girl and an intellectual boy. The girl, Marie-Laure, is our good side of the story, for instance, always wanting to help her father with what she can, listening and knowing what the right thing to do is, and taking action when needed, adding to her blindness to not let that stop her. The German boy we follow, Werner, he is wanting to help others as well, but not for the right reasons, he lets the evil, in this case, the Nazis, take control of him and use him for his brain.

In my opinion, World War II was always an intriguing topic. When I was younger, my dad told me stories about historical events. I was continually fascinated by its effect on the world, especially the United States of America. It was not until a few years later that I started reading stories that took place in the World War II era. Out of all the novels that I read about World War II, All the Light We Cannot See was my favorite. It astonished me to see how two children fended for themselves during one of the worst times in world history. It also made me see different aspects of life through the messages I picked up throughout the book.

A Journey to Find Memories Most people reminisce the good and bad moments of their life. In Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer highlights people remembering the happy and traumatizing memories that stick with them for the rest of their lives. While Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather, the protagonists in the story, are on an adventure to find a woman named Augustine, Jonathan discovers that it is hard to forget particular events in his family’s past that happened hundreds of years ago even if he was not involved in them. pivotal moments in the story when information is revealed to the reader for the first time.

Throughout the novel, Jean is ambitious about his future and his dreams. He comes to Saint-Henri to complete his engineering degree. Through this process, he meets new people that he considers as his friends such as Emmanuel and some of them are just “an object of no interest”, such as Florentine. (9) Throughout the novel, Jean concentrates on his goal, which is completing his degree and to do that he finds solutions to avoid all kinds of distractions such as “one outing a week”. (19)

None of this deters Marie, for she is strong and satisfied with where she is in her relatiioinship even though she gets nothing emotionally from Meursault. Marie learns just how to be with Meursault, she builds herself up and one day decides that she will not allow Meursault’s little emotional displays stop her from spending the rest of her life with him. Another thing that makes Marie stick out, is that she was the one who ‘proposed’ to him. Sure, there was never any formal proposal, no dropping to one knee or hiding the ring in some angle foodcake, but she was the first to even remotely mention marriage in the relationship. Set in the early 1940’s, the time proves that the woman was still the less superior in any relationship. Never was it socially acceptable to be this forward in a relationship, never could the woman bring up

Early on when she is newly blind due to the cataracts that formed in her eyes life is very difficult for her. “What is blindness? Where there should be a wall, her hands find nothing. Where there should be nothing, a table leg gouges her shin . . . [Marie’s] only sanctuary is in bed, the hem of the quilt at her chin . . .” (Doerr 27). In his kindness, Monsieur LeBlanc meticulously carves a model city for her to learn how to find her way around safely. Due to this kind act Marie is now able, with her father accompanying her for safety, walk around her neighborhood. Later on when they are forced to flee to Saint-Malo where some of their relatives live, Marie and her father walk the entirety of the journey and again, Marie has to depend on her father’s guidance to help her make the journey safely. “‘Marie, I see a hotel.’ ‘You said the hotels were full.’ ‘. . . Come. It’s not far.’ Again [Monsieur LeBlanc] carries his daughter. One more half mile” (Doerr 110). Even though she can sense something is not going as planned with their trip, she allows her father to carry her and believes that he will bring her to Saint-Malo safely. Marie’s faith in her father, although she is blind, allows them to arrive safely in Saint-Malo where they can stay safely through the duration of the

Her forced independence, due to Jules’ constant absences, has made her to grow up beyond her years, and to take care of herself. Although she still occasionally tries to appreciate the child aspects of life – playing with dolls, enjoying the little things, having your first kiss, etc..., she is tangled in the adult world of prostitution, sex, and drugs. Jules is the young father of Baby. A lot of things are unsure about Jules, except for his unfaltering love for his daughter, and the undying love for Baby’s mother, Manon. Jules finds himself mixed up in the world of heroin quite a lot, which forces him to make awful decisions. He does not have a high school diploma, and cannot hold a stable job. He provides for Baby in the best way that he can, although because he is still a kid himself, he does not know how to raise a child on his own. Jules has good intentions, though – he buys his daughter small, meaningful gifts with what money he has, he is always on her side. The truth with Jules is that he wants his daughter to grow up to become something, unlike him. He is very protective of Baby. From the beginning of the book to the end, though, Jules finally grows up. At the end of the novel, Jules plans out for him and Baby to go live with his cousin in the country. He promises a fresh start for him and Baby. This is a positive impact on the style because this means a lot, Jules rarely promises anything to Baby.

As the book follows the life of Jeannette, her dream starts out as a fantasy of hope for her father. When her father was sober he was her best friend. Yet he developed a drinking problem right before Jeannette was born, that developed and worsened over the span of her life. Her mother accounts that when they lost a child, his drinking started,

Isolation and fatalism are two major themes in this film. the main characters are trapped and they try hard to escape the current situations. The army deserter heading for the port of Le Havre, Jean is on the run from a society run by a criminal underworld. His solitary figure associates with the fog in the opening shot of the film. What he faces was fatal since he had no choices. He could only run away; otherwise, his life would be in danger. A 17-year-old abused girl, Nelly who is trapped by her godfather, Zabel tries to run away from him. In the beginning of the film, Jean and Nelly are used to be isolated by the society. Both are not connected with other people. It is not surprising that they want to escape from the current traps later

After they had talked about her past, she began to go crazy and started drinking rum like an alcoholic. Since he didn’t love Antoinette he tried to break her up by calling her Marionette and Bertha and then sleeping with Amelie for Antoinette to hear. Christophine says that he tried to break her up because he is jealous that she is better than him because doesn’t care all about money. He is unhappy with her but is still determined to stay because he is afraid of scandal. He does not want people making fun of him and laughing for marrying her in the first place even though everyone already is. He also is afraid of what people will say about him if they find out they separate. Antoinette and her husband leave Jamaica. When they get to their destination, her husband pays Grace not to gossip about anything and locks Antoinette in a room with Grace with the purpose that no one will know their business. He doesn’t want scandal and he is now a wealthy man so he got what he wanted in the end. Her husband took full advantage of her weaknesses to gain control and