Plot
(Victoria) "Werner is eight years old and ferreting about in the refuse behind a storage shed when he discovers what makes like a large spool a thread. It consists of a wire-wrapped cylinders sand-which between the two dics of pinewood." (Pg. 32) What did Werner discover?
Werner discovers a radio.
(Ianna) What language does Frau Elena speak?
German and French
(Eunice) Werner and his sister find a radio, he starts to study the device. What theme does Werner's experimenting on the radio show?
Curiosity and discovery
(Roselle) "The Frenchman's voice is velvet." Identify the literary device used in this quote. (Pg. 48)
Metaphor.
(Roselle) "Maybe the old tour guide was off his rocker. Maybe the sea of flames never existed at all, maybe curses aren't real, maybe her father is right." Identify the literary device used in the quote.
Anaphora/Repetition
(Eunice) Where and who does Marie-Laure live with after she moves from Paris?
She lives in Saint-Malo with her uncle (Etienne).
(Coey) Werner and Jutta finds a radio and manages to make it start working. Why do they get emotional when they hear music coming from the radio?
They feel emotions of joy and surprise, as they have never heard such elegant, high-class music before. They are also proud of their achievement in successfully fixing the broken radio.
(Eunice) Werner dreams to become an engineer, but as he grows up, people around tell him he's destined to work as a miner in Zollverein. What theme can be seen?
Free will vs Destiny.
(Le Rhone) "Werner feels the ceiling slip lower, the walls constrict." (pg. 43) What literary device is used in the quote?
Metaphor. It is as if Werner is being put in a box.
(Carina) "Marie-Laure looks up from her book and believes she can smell gasoline under the wind. As if a great river of machinery is steaming slowly, irrevocably, towards her." (Pg. 61) Identify two literary devices used in the quotation.
Foreshadowing, simile.
(Victoria) In the chapter 'Making Socks' Werner wakes past midnight and finds Jutta kneeling on the floor listening to the radio. Werner asks her if she's listening to something she's not supposed to. What news did they find out?
Germany is dropping bombs on Paris.
(Coey) What are the first names of the two oldest boys in the orphanage?
Hans & Herribert
(Victoria) "The goddess of history looked down on earth. Only through the hottest fires can purification can be achieved. He sees a forest of dying sunflowers. He sees a flock of Wack birds explode." (Pg. 15) What theme can be seen?
The impact of war on hope and future.
(Roselle) Page. 46..."Across the room is a miniature girl, skinny, quick-witted, an open-book in her lap; inside her chest pulses something huge, something full of longing, something unafraid." Identify 2 significant literary devices from the quote.
Foreshadowing/Anaphora or repetition/ juxtaposition.
(Victoria) When Germany starts invading Paris, which city is Marie-Laure and her dad's first option to flee to?
Their first option to flee to was a town called Evreux
(Eunice) In the chapter 'Cellar', why is Werner hiding underneath the lobby of the Hotel of Bees?
Werner is there because it is the Germans headquarters, and it also offers protection in case the building were to collapse, due to the bombing of the allies.
(Ianna) What tare some similar character traits between Werner and Marie-Laure? Identify three similar traits
Intelligence/curiosity/optimistic/determination/thirst for knowledge
(Carina) At the beginning of the chapter "Fade". Marie-Laure questions "Maybe the Sea of Flames never existed at all, maybe curses aren't real" By the end of the chapter, she is reading a book about "Logic, reason, pure science". What does the difference between the two show as a theme?
Superstition vs Science
Internal monologue. Marie-Laure is talking to herself to process thoughts.
(Ianna) What is something that Marie-Laure is familiar with since childhood? (Pg. 41) (Hint: something ever near her building)
"Marie-Laure finds the trunk of the chestnut tree that grows past her fingers. Old friend." It's the chestnut tree, calling it old friend.
(Carina) "Our flag represents the new era, chant Hans and Herribert, out flag leads us to eternity." (Pg. 42). In what ways are the children and Frau Elena affected by the brothers joining the Hitler Youth?
The children are discouraged from admiring foreign things, and Frau Elena speaks less French around the brothers, due to her accent.
(Coey) "She has no memories of her mother but imagine her as a white, a soundless brilliance." Why does she imagine her as the colour white when her father "radiates a thousand colours"?
Marie-Laure imagines her mother as the colour white, because she doesn't have any memories of her mother. To Marie-Laure, her mother is soundless brilliance, because she has never heard her mother but Marie-Laure understands the importance of her mother to her existence.
(Le Rhone) In the chapter "Rumors", Marie-Laure hears about the opinions of the negative effects of the "Sea of Flames" on people. This makes Marie-Laure quite anxious about her father's interactions with it. What does this show as a theme?
The impact of fear and uncertainty on human mindset/behaviour.
(Roselle) "The staccato of the Reich grows like an imperturbable tree. (Pg. 63). Identify the literary device used in the quote and what is the effect of it?
Imperturbable- Unable to be upset of exited ;calm.
Reich - Any of the empires of Germany
The literary device is simile. The simile compares the staccato of the Reich to an imperturbable tree. Compariny the reich to on imperturbable tree implies that the Reich's influence seems unchanging and deeply-rooted. Therefore emphasizing the Reich's power and influence on society.
(Le Rhone) As the story of Marie-Laure and Werner continues to unfold, the parallelism of the two of the characters is also evidently shown. Give two examples of how fate similarly impacts the two individuals' lives, and elaborate on how their lives are affected from it.
The absence of their mothers and their obstacles in life (blindness and fixed fate of working in the mines).