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Post by emilybachman on Aug 27, 2017 20:07:03 GMT -5
Whose story did you enjoy the most? Marie-Laure or Werners? Are there any characters where you want more insight on? And what different things can you learn from the multiple stories in the novel?
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Post by keelylipp on Aug 28, 2017 12:12:48 GMT -5
One of the characters I would have liked more insight on was the baker's wife. For months she delivered lists of numbers to Etienne and Marie-Laure but the narrator never told us how she got them, or really what the numbers meant. I like the authors decision to make more than one story told at a time and then weaving them all together in the end. It gave the novel more depth and was more interesting for the reader to read.
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Post by Kaylee Buntyn on Aug 28, 2017 13:14:50 GMT -5
Marie-Laure was the best character to learn about in my opinion because I've heard so many stories of survival during World War II and while they are different it all comes back to the same thing whereas Marie's story had a twist with her being blind so it was interesting how the author went about that. I do agree with Keely though, i definitely do want to know more about the Baker's wife, i believe there was a whole other mystery with that.
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Post by aidanrolstad on Aug 28, 2017 18:41:09 GMT -5
I feel that the story I would love to have expanded on is Dr. Hauptmann. He is an character that we know little about, and a story from his point of view would be very interesting. A story of his childhood and as he grows up with his ideals and such. An example of it could be why he did what he did to get Werner into the field so early. why didn't he just train someone new to operate a radio? The story could contain lots of answers to some of the open ended questions in the original story.
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Post by charlottepetryy on Aug 30, 2017 23:29:55 GMT -5
I enjoyed Werner's story the best because he was such an interesting character being so intelligent at such a young age, being an orphan, and him being in the war looking for radio broadcasts. You can learn about how hard it is to be blind and how much you have to adjust to that and also how the tragedy of war effects different people in different ways. I also agree with Keely and I think knowing more about the Baker's wife would have brought even more to the book.
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