All The Light We Cannot See Character Analysis

When a fire ignites, it has the ability to spread everywhere. It causes forests to tumble, houses to crash down, smoke to fill the lungs and suffocate. When a high authority orders a task that seems immoral or unethical, it is easy to become part of the fire, carrying out and spreading evil throughout the world. In the novel, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, human nature displays itself at its the best and worst. Without a situation that is morally wrong, the good side of human nature cannot be conveyed, allowing humans to learn lessons. In return, these lessons extinguish the fire, going from a sea of flames to sea of water. Love drives people to do anything for family. When Papa crafted his Saint-Malo model to shelter the Sea of Flames diamond, he gave it to Marie-Laure in hopes of protecting her from harm and evil. When Marie-Laure finally finds it, “She turns the little house over. A

Her most dire test is “surviving in her great-uncle’s attic for five days” (452). She never gives up on life. From the beginning, the girl who couldn’t get around in a little Paris neighborhood grows into someone of fierce determination, taking risks to see the grotto and deliver the bread to her great-uncle in Saint-Malo. In her instance, life seems cursed; however, Marie-Laure makes the best of herself and has a positive resolution. For Werner, he learns another way of being brave. Although he somewhat conforms while at Schulpforta, he follows his heart to save Marie-Laure, against what any German order would be during WWII. Before his death, he reflects on saving her, and he longs for the past with Jutta (482). This conveys the good in his heart, how the fire never reached Werner, just like it never reached Frederick. Although Marie-Laure is just one person, Werner extinguished the fire that would have reached her if he didn’t save her from von