Marie-Laure's Bombing

Cannot See, a young blind girl named Marie-Laure lived in Paris with her father, a locksmith at the Museum of Natural History, and the two shared a close bond. During World War II, they were forced to flee Paris and eventually traveled to the house of Marie-Laure’s great-uncle, Etienne LeBlanc, where they stayed with him and his caretaker Madame Manec. Etienne was afraid to leave his house and was often haunted by his experiences in the first world war, but Marie-Laure helped him gain the strength

Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, is a book about a blind French girl, Marie-Laure, and a German boy, Werner Pfennig, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Anthony Doerr, an award winning author, does a great job bringing these 2 perspectives into play but still keeping some of the overarching themes the same, making All The Light We Cannot See such a beautifully written book. Marie-Laure, the main character of the book, is a young blind girl that

eventually connect. Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a legally blind girl who continually viewed the glass as half-full, was accompanied by her father, Daniel LeBlanc, throughout the preceding portion of her pilgrimage to refuge during WWII. By fleeing unavoidable harm and siege in Paris, Marie-Laure and her father walked, by foot, to the island city of Saint Malo, France. The pair brought along a sacred, irreplaceable stone: the Sea of Flames from the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where Marie-Laure’s father previously

a blind girl named Marie-Laure LeBlanc lives with her father, Daniel LeBlanc, in Paris. When Marie-Laure was a little girl, she went on a children’s tour of the museum where her father worked. On the tour, the tour guide talks about this stone called the Sea of Flames and it was said that the keeper of the stone would live forever, but as long as he kept it, all the people that he loved would face many problems. When she is twelve years old, the Nazis occupy Paris, so Marie-Laure and her father

happening. This novel is about two kids, Marie Laure and Werner Perffing, and their struggle to survive while running from the Nazis. In the book, we see a glimpse of escape when Doerr brings in this magical diamond, called the Sea of Flames, an object that drives the plot forward, for the simple reasons that many characters want it. The Sea of Flames promotes the idea of, fear, and obsession within the lives of the three main characters, Daniel Leblonk, Marie- Laure, Sergeant Von Rumple and Werner

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

how far-fetched a story might sound, at one point, some part of it was most likely true. In All the Light We Cannot See, a fictional book by Anthony Doerr based around the time period of World War II, the reader follows the story of a blind girl, Marie-Laure, who carries with her The Sea of Flames, a priceless diamond with a legend behind it. The diamond is described as “a brilliant blue, the blue of tropical seas, but it has a touch of red at its center, like the flames inside a drop of water” (Doerr

conflict present opportunities for redemption. 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,

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