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Ending
Aug 8, 2017 22:56:29 GMT -5
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Post by ninaseidel on Aug 8, 2017 22:56:29 GMT -5
At the end of the book the author jumps forward in time to 1974 and 2014. Doerr could have ended the story in 1945, when the war ended, but instead the story picks up in 1974 to show us what ended up happening to to Volkheimer, Jutta, Frederick, and Marie-Laure. Doerr then skips ahead to 2014 to show us Marie-Laure being visited by her grandson and having a conversation about his video game. Why did Doerr choose these characters to show us and what purpose does this ending serve?
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Ending
Aug 9, 2017 2:33:03 GMT -5
Post by benjaminconnor on Aug 9, 2017 2:33:03 GMT -5
The author chose to skip forward in time in an attempt to provide some closure. Had the author just ended the story in 1945, the reader would've been left without any conclusion to Marie-Laure's, Volkheimer's, and Jutta's lives. The author also felt it was necessary to show that while World War Two had an enormous impact on their lives, it didn't define them. This flash-forward allowed the author to demonstrate this. Despite all that Marie-Laure, Volkheimer, and Jutta had gone through, they persisted until their lives were shaped by more than just the war that had hurt them so horribly.
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