She takes off the roof of the tiny house and finds a small stone underneath it.
“As the sounds of the aircraft grows louder, Marie-Laure feels for one of the miniature houses in her model. Many readers cant relate to being in the middle of a war zone due to imagination, however Doerr’s use of strong articulate language demonstrates the mayhem and chaos that is unfolding in Paris. The chapters within the book are also kept short which makes the reader want to continue through to the end of the story. Doerr uses tense which puts the reader in the moment of the story helping to bring the themes to life making it more impactful. Certain things that you might see during horrific events like war can obscure ones vision in a moral and ethical sense. Everyone to some extent has elements of blindness when it comes to ones beliefs and views, however you need to keep your eyes open (as well as your mind) before its too late and they close forever. It includes knowledge, morals and ethics. There is luck maybe bad or good a slight inclination of each day towards success or failure but no curses’ and it is with this mindset that she ‘walks the path of logic, every outcome has a cause and every predicament has a solution every lock is key.’ When trapped at home rather than adopting the view that she is fated to die she relies on reason and logic to navigate the darkness and find her way to safety.ĭoerr uses powerful triggers such as family and the prospect of separation to articulate the inhumane nature of war, which further emphasises that vision is more than just sight. We see how our own choices have consequences and in this case Daniel preaches to Marie-Laure to reject supernatural forces, and assures her there is ‘no such thing as curses.
This further represents the strong family ties that she shares with her widowed father, Daniel Leblanc. The model was constructed to help Marie-Laure ‘see’ Paris in a physical sense, to help her navigate her way through the city in real life but it also has a symbolic meaning that if she can navigate her way through Paris, she can navigate her way through life. Through the use of language, the story of the wooden model of Paris that Marie-Laure’s father built is given meaning beyond just a structure. This is articulated through the main character, Marie-Laure who has been blind since the age of six, yet she posses traits beyond her years demonstrated through her strong morals and integrity, even during terrible times such as the war. As suggested by the title, the story is about vision and the ramifications that ‘sight’ and ‘seeing’ can have on people.
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