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The Courage and Strength in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

“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 “All the Light We Cannot See”, Anthony Doerr introduces the reader to many characters the two main being Werner and Marie-Laure. Each characters has their own personality, struggles, and perspective on the war. “He sees the interlaced ironwork of Zollverein, the fire breathing mills, men teeming out of elevator shafts like ants… Without hesitating Werner steps off the edge of the platform” (Doerr, 116). Werner came from an orphanage in a German coal mining city where he lost his father and would have the same destiny, working in the mines.Werner knew that his only way out of the mines was to become part of the Hitler Youth program, which he did due to his bravery after initially being suggested for his knowledge of technology.

Literature encapsulates the human experience, reflecting facets of our culture, traditions, and beliefs. Literature functions as a tool to develop and explore empathetic links with other individuals and can provide insight into experiences removed from our own reality. Peter Fischl’s poem ‘Little Polish Boy’ is one such text in which we can attain a unique understanding of the horrors catalysed by war. An expression of Fischl’s own Holocaust experience, this poem is set in WWII, and addressed as a letter to an innocent child of the war from a photograph Fischl found years after the war ended. We can also learn of the loss and grief children face in times of war through the picture book ‘a Soldier, a Dog and a Boy’ by Libby Hathorn. The story follows a young boy orphaned by the Battle of Somme and he’s only left to survive with his dog before an Australian soldier comes to his rescue. These texts allow us to reach a better understanding of the different effects conflict has on children.

When someone is put in a situation of horror and destruction, it is only natural for beauty to deteriorate from one’s life. All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque perfectly illustrates the destruction war has on the beauty of the ordinary world. Paul’s alienation from home eventually causes him to lose sight of what life should be like, who he is and the importance of relationships.

Literature is the foundation of our beliefs, cultures and traditions. It is why as human beings we thrive in the world, learning from the past through stories and illustrations that create emotion, desire and inspiration. It was literature that started Adolf Hitler’s reign, through the simplicity of words. When World War 2 began, literature was a basis of hope, it would encompass emotion and for many their last mark on the world. Little Polish Boy, (1969), written by Peter Fischl, a survivor of the Holocaust, explores the war through a child’s perception. The poem highlights the naïve nature of children, witnessing an act of inhumane proportions, their voices suddenly neglected and powerless. In comparison, the Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, a novel written by John Boyne in 2006 demonstrates children’s willingness to defy an ingrained war culture due to the naivety of their actions and understanding.

Within his book, Anthony Doerr focused on two main characters, Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig. Marie-Laure was a blind French girl who lived in Paris with her father, who was one of the only people who treated her as a normal person and considered her disability an obstacle she could be able to conquer. He helped her develop skills to manage her condition in various ways such as making her wooden models of their neighborhood to be able to navigate the streets, and teaching her braille. Marie-Laure was very dependent on her father and his assistance, and when they moved to Saint-Malo where he was arrested and taken to a German prison, Marie-Laure was left hopeless and devastated. She began helping her great uncle, who she lived with, and his housekeeper, Madame Manec, with the French resistance group they were organizing.

Life is a precious thing, and it is so precious that some people will undergo severe anguish to hold on to it. During the 1930’s and 1940’s in Germany, people of the Jewish religion were diabolically oppressed and slaughtered, just for their beliefs. Some Jews went to extreme measures to evade capture by the German law enforcement, hoping to hold on to life. Krystyna Chiger was only a small child when her family, along with a group of other desperate Jews, descended into the malignant sewers to avoid the Germans. After living in the abysmal sewers for fourteen months, her group emerged, and when she became an adult, she authored a novel about her time in the sewer. When analyzing the literary elements utilized in her novel, The Girl in the Green Sweater, one can determine how tone and mood, point of view, and conflict convey the message of struggle and survival that was experienced during the Holocaust, and how they help the reader to understand and relate.

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.

When the author writes “To shut your eyes is to guess nothing of blindness,” Marie-Laure experienced war in a completely different way. It showed me blindness like I never really thought of before. Not having your sight makes your other senses stronger which made her able to feel more than ever. World War II has brought about many businesses including Nestle who was bought out by a holocaust survivor, BMW was made up of slave laborers provided by the Nazis, and IBM who custom built computers to keep track of Nazi’s timetables and the number of Jews being shipped around. During this time technology was increasing a significant amount that was mostly done by Nazi’s. In this book it seems like German’s have been misunderstood in World War II. Many Nazi’s were forced into war not having a choice whether or not to kill, and if they chose not to there own life would be taken. This gave me a different perspective in the holocaust as not all Nazi’s were killing, as Warner was a prime example of one. I think this has changed my perspective on war being fought because it showed the good of what could come out of war. When everything is said and done you can only look at the negative for so long until you look at the positive. Marie-Laure found love in her life of fear of always hiding and never let her blindness stop her. This gives me a better perspective of international marketing by just

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque demonstrates how the lives of soldiers change when they are enlisted to the front. The book takes place in Germany during World War I starting in 1914. This war was particularly known to be a gruesome experience for soldiers. The soldiers hid in the trenches while they fought to stay alive; however, the trenches were filled with diseases and dirty rats that were said to be as big as cats sometimes. The soldiers lived their lives in fear. Remarque created a novel that is in the voice of a young 19 year old boy named Paul who explains his experience during World War I. The novel shows soldiers moving from school straight to war. These soldiers have not even had time to develop into themselves; moreover, when they go to war, they are forced to establish their character in the terrible conditions. They see soldiers die everyday, and they begin to change into desensitized animals so they don’t have to deal with the pain anymore. Remarque shows how the soldiers lose themselves, became desensitized to death and killing, and how they lose their empathy towards other soldiers and become selfish.

All the Light We Cannot See is a touching novel that tells the tales of two young people during World War II. Doerr’s amazingly stirring story takes the stories of these characters and manages to create a beautiful adventure, while weaving in elegant messages and themes that can speak to anyone, anywhere. While covering all themes explored in this novel in under 3-4 pages is impossible, the separate stories of Marie-Laure and Werner show the tragedy of war and the questions of free will. And yet while these start out as independent stories, Doerr weaves them together marvelously, all the while examining the beautiful interconnectedness of things, to become not two, but one overarching story of these two ordinary people in challenging times.

All the Light We cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a fictional novel about 2 characters during World War II. Werner Pfennig, a German orphan who is part of the Hitler youth and later the Nazi German army, and Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind girl who lives with her father in Paris,

The beggar and Mr. Parsons provide a prime example of contrast in literature with their individual set of values, setting them worlds apart in the short story The Man with No Eyes by MacKinlay Kantor. With Mr. Parsons trying to hide his blindness to prevent pity from others and the beggar utilizing pity for his personal gains the juxtaposition of their beliefs is clear, which also provides morals that can be used today. In the story, the beggar is shown provoking emotions in his attempt to make money. In order to spark pity in Mr. Parsons the beggar becomes “caught up with the train of his one reminiscence” (Kantor 2) describing the accident that rendered many labour workers incapacitated. Yet while he does so, it is revealed that the beggar

According to many critics Khaled Hosseini’s international bestseller novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is a heartbreaking novel that is sure to make the readers connect with the characters in the novel. “You say that you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains. You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines. You say that you love the wind, but you close your windows when wind blows. This is why I am afraid, you say that you love me too.” (Original version in Turkish, translated by William Shakespeare). This quote means that actions do not define words, in fact actions are more powerful. In the novel the main protagonists struggle with the loss of their loved ones whether it is by death, or conflict, and it deeply affects their personality, also makes them see the world from a different point of view. Per example, Mariam has lost her mother, along with her father, which made her a loving and loyal woman. Rasheed on the other hand has lost both his wife, also his son, which made him violent, depressive and cold-hearted. Lastly Laila losing both of her parents and Mariam has turned her into a resilient character.