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“Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” He says, “Not in years. But today. Today maybe I did.”

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'' they watch the coal carts trundling up from the earth and the miners spilling out of warehouses with their lunch pails toward the mouth of the elevator like insects toward a lighted lamp. 'down there' Werner whispered to his sister. ' that's where Father died.' '' (26)

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I believe the theme for this book is 'Even when everything around you is hard, never give up & persevere.'
I sat this is the theme because the two main characters, Marie-Laure and Werner both face their own hardships during World War 2, Marie-L was a blind French girl who lost her father during the war left with a priceless jewel to fend for herself in an unknown place. And Werner a Hitler youth who dreamed of being more than a German worker, he had to struggle with the lifestyle that he didn't agree with and trying ti protect his family while going along with the Germans wishes. Both characters had very hard dealings throughout the book but never gave up and kept going until the end.

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"Is it any wonder, asks the radio, that courage, confidence, and optimism in growing measure fill the German people? Is not the flame of a new faith rising from this sacrificial readiness?'' (38-39