https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee Six essential elements of All the Light We Cannot See. en-us 2016-10-03 13:00:32 UTC 2023-01-26 02:04:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png humphmel https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/127859127 The author in the book "All the Light We Cannot See,  introduced the two main characters, setting, and conflict. The two main characters are Marie-Laure Le Blanc and Werner Pfennig. The author wrote from both of their point of veiws every other chapter. He also started at the beginning of the end of the book, then brought it back to present time. This gives us a veiw of both characters and start to get the gist of what will be happening later in the story. This technique also keeps me, the reader, intruiged, waiting for future and present to collide in the end. The settings are in Germany and France. It shows that the two main characters (who are origionally from these places) are not in likely ness during this time period, the late 1930's to the early 1940's, or World War Two. This makes their friendship much more valuable. Also, in revealing the beginning of the end, the author shows the main conflict. They are both trapped in their own provinces, either physically or mentally. They're at war and it is too painful to bear. Though there are many conflictsin the book, this one is the largest.]]> 2016-10-03 13:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/127859127 humphmel https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/127870452 Since I have two main characters, I have two protagonists; Marie-Laure and Werner. In this case, they are "good guys" from the majorities' point of veiw. But, from another characters' point of veiw, such as a Jews', Werner (who was a German soldier) was the "bad guy". I think that Marie-Laure and Werner share a lot of the same qualities. They are both curious, brave, but still children. This may be because of their similarity in age. Marie-Laure is more curious about the earthy and natural parts of the world. This is probably because as a child, she practically grew up in her father's museum, with Dr. Geffard, who studies seashells and plankton and coral. Any small thing of the sea. On the other hand, Werener is prefers to learn about the more technical and mathematical side of the world. I predict that this was because he grew up raking dumpsters for any small trinkets, and he once came upon a small radio which he wanted to make work. He studied it for hours on end and fell in love with fixing it, finding solutions, thinking deeper and deeper. He soon became the best radio repairman in the city. They are both brave because at some point in the story, they broke through their fear and faced it. Marie-Laure was trapped in her house, hiding from a German soldier, paralyzed in fear until she had enough of it. She had finally faced her fear and conquered. Werner, on the other hand, was stuck literally inside a house after a bomb had fallen on it. He was so afraid of death, he stayed in there for days. He listened to Marie-Laure spek into her radio about how scared she was to come out of the closet because of that German soldier. In the end, Werner overcame his fear and escaped the rumble and helped Marie-Laure from the German soldier. They both are curious and brave, two character traits that go hand in hand. I am so pleased that they were able to meet before they had to say goodbye.]]> 2016-10-03 13:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/127870452 humphmel https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128151626 There are multiple antagonists in my story, including themselves. Marie-Laure's main antagonist is herself or her depression and paranoia. After her Father left, Marie-Laure is left heartbroken. She soon falls into depression finding less and less thins can make her smile. With this depression also comes the gripping fear. She starts to let her imagination get the best of her. She imagines terrible Germans clomping in and taking her away to the "torture camps". These feelings develop even more when Madame Manec, the one who has taken on the parental figure and brings her to her only outlet (the sea), passes away. She is left alone with her scarred uncle who experienced tragic events during the war. Her thoughts overcome her and she barely ever gets away from it. This causes her to let her guard down, but helps her break through in the end. The second antagonist is one that both Werner and Marie-Laure share; Sargent Von Rumple. He is the German Soldier I spoke of before. Von Rumple is Marie-Laure's antagonist because he is physically trapping her and has pursued her earlier on in the book. He becomes Werner's antagonist when Werner stands up to him and kills him. Werner then becomes internally conflicted with the fact that he killed a man, this engulfing him until his near death.Overall, both Marie-Laure and Werner have physical and internal antagonists which are linked to each other.]]> 2016-10-04 13:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128151626 humphmel https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128374139 In my book, there are two main characters with their own lives and stories. Marie-Laure has a lot of rising action. First, she learns how to make her way around the city by running her fingers over the scaled model her father has made for her. This is a huge accomplishment, due to the fact that she is blind. This is one of the background facts that also leads to the resolution. Marie-Laure and her father then find themselves on a scurry away from their home city because it is about to be bombed. All of this information plays into the ending,giving her clues and building up suspension for the reader. This helps construct more and more anticipation through the story until we reach the climax, where there is a major breakthrough and everything falls into place.After this. Marie-Laure is taken to her Uncles' house where they live. She learns the way around this city as well. A major event is when her father leaves, but never comes back. This is a huge lead up to the climax where she overcomes all of her paranoia and fear, mostly caused by her father's absence. After this is the last very, meaningful event in the rising action.Madame Manec (who was her only stable parental figure after her father left) passed away. This also contributed to the climax of thus book. Werner has lots of rising action as well. First he finds a radio in a dumpster nearby his orphanage, which starts out what his whole lif is centered around; mechanics. He then repairs a very rich mans' radio, whom no one has fixed. This man changes Werner's life completely by giving him a scholarship to a very expensive school in which he succeeds very greatly in. The next major step in Werner's life is when he moves to the army. Werner is assigned a squad in which he has to locate transmitters and fix radios. This group brings Werner to the location of his climax. The author in both of these peoples lives, foreshadows very much so, giving little details here and there that will contribute the story as a whole. In evey chapter there is a new give away intriguing the reader into not wanting to miss one letter of his amazing book.]]> 2016-10-05 03:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128374139 humphmel https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128376223 In my book, The author starts me out with two settings. A city in France and one in Germany. Marie-Laure lives in France around 1935. She goes to a museum almost every day and walks around a beautiful town. But soon in the story, she moves into an area in Saint Malo in her uncles' house. She walks to a beach every morning and to a little bakery down the street. These setting descriptions help me imagine what is happening in the book. It also gives reason to some of the things happening in the book. For instance, in my book, they call a couch a davenport. I know this is because this book takes place around 1935-1945.She stays in Saint Malo until she becomes and adult, then moves back to the city in which she was born. Werner on the other hand, was raised in Germany and stayed there until he was eighteen. But while he was in Germany, He had moved from the orphanage to an expensive boys' German school. Though, after he was transitioned to the army, Werner went to so many different places. He ended up in Saint Malo, France, where he met Marie-Laure. The setting contributes quite a lot to the story, effecting character collisions and explanations for different things such as terms or places. Either way, setting is an important part of a story.]]> 2016-10-05 03:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128376223 humphmel https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128377677  I yet again have two main characters, so will be having two resolutions. But, both of my conflicts are solved by similar breakthroughs and through similar people.Marie-Laure's main conflict is not solved when all else is, but rather before that. When she is trapped in the house by the German Soldier, she is trapped in her own fear where her depression can also get the best of her. She hears her father telling her to "be smart" and "don't go it's not safe". But his voice is what was keeping her from surviving. I think the author meant to have her father represent her fear, as if her fear was what was holding her back the whole time. When she finally overcame her fear and faced the German soldier, her conflict was solved. She had made up in her mind that she wasn't going to let her paranoia rule her. Werner is also struggling with fear, but not the same kind. He has always feared that he would not be good enough, that he couldn't do what he wanted because his ability was limited. He thought he wasn't good enough. He reflects on a lot of these feelings when trapped in the hotel of the Bees, under pounds upon pounds of rubble. He heard Marie-Laure's cries for help and daydreamed about saving her, but always brought himself short. Werner would always stop himself before going to far, before letting his dreams get too out of hand. But finally, with the help of a friend, he escapes the hotel and makes the resolving decision. He decides to face his fear and take on this evil German soldier and not think of the outcome. This is the exact point where Werner wins his internal battle. I think the author made their breakthroughs at the same time to show the significance in them. This, not when they escape is the real battle. The whole time, the conflict was internal, not physical. It also shows how similar they are. How Marie-Laure and Werner both found yet again another similarity, only again reverting back to reflecting each other. ]]> 2016-10-05 04:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/humphmel/AlltheLightWeCannotSee/wish/128377677