All The Light We Cannot See Book Report

All The Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, proved the bonds of family were able to create hope, even in the hardest of times.
The bombings of France during World War Two caused lots of stress and anxiety for the people who were residents of France. Families were separated from each other and many children were left alone. Marie- Laure was one of the many people who was left stranded in a building while bombers flew over cities. She had lived with her great uncle, Etienne, for four years at the time of an American bombing on France and had not seen her father, who she called Papa, in a very long time. As she stood in her tiny bedroom alone and heard the sounds of airplanes overhead, she should have ran for the cellar of the basement, but
Marie- Laure would go with her father to work every single day. He gave her expensive books about the ocean that she loved. Papa also helped her with getting around the streets of the city, even with no sight, by building the models of the city that they were living in. Losing sight was not easy for Marie- Laure, but her father gave her hope that she would be able to know everything around her, just as if she had perfect vision. Other residents of Paris felt pity for Daniel LeBlanc and said things like, “Poor Monsieur LeBlanc” or “His father dead in the war, his wife dead in childbirth. And now this?” (Doerr, 27). But he never felt bad for himself, he was just determined to help Marie- Laure. “Her father quizzes her. Vault key or padlock key, Marie? Cupboard key or dead bolt key? He test her on the locations of displays, on the contents of cabinets. He is continually placing some unexpected thing into her hands: a lightbulb, a fossilized fish, a flamingo feather” (Doerr, 29). He would even make her walk them home from the museum until she got it right and he was so proud of her when she did. Daniel Leblanc gave Marie- Laure the hope that she would be able to be independent, even with her