The Halfway Post, The Problem.
As there are two main characters in this story, I will explain each of the main characters problems that they are facing.
Marie-Laure have escape Paris and have make their way to Saint Malo, hoping to from a safe place to wait out the war. Marie-Laure has had many problems in her life so far, going blind and having to learn a new way to look at the world. Being forced to leave Paris with her father, not understanding why they can't stay in their comfy 4 room flat. Her father eventually going missing while travelling back to Paris, only to be arrested and taken as a prisoner by the Germans. Marie-Laure had no issue dealing with her blindness and leaving her home, but when her father was taken prisoner, Marie-Laure began to have a very hard time living with the problem. She would stay locked in her room for days, not eating or bathing, hoping her father would return to her. Eventually Marie-Laure came out of her depression, and found relief from the beautiful ocean of Saint Malo, allowing her to escape the pain of loosing her father just for and hour or so everyday.
I am unable to give a personal example of my life that would make a connection to this story. My family back in the 1940's during the war had to escape from Holland to South Africa, as many of them were Jewish. They must have felt so much stress and pain having to leave their home, not knowing if they were ever return.
Werner is faced with the common problem of an orphan boy. Growing up Werner always knew that when he turns 15 he would have to work in the mines, to maybe one day end up having the same fate as his father who was killed during a mine collapse.
Werner is terrified of this and was dreading the day he turned 15. As a boy who is uncommonly smart, Werner gets lucky when he is asked to fix a radio for a high end German solider. The solider can see potential in the boy and sends in a request for Werner to try out for the new private schools for gifted German boys. Werner is accepted into the school and is sent off to meet his new life, but many things aren't as they seem. As Werner is attending school, he witnesses many awful things that his people are doing to people of different race, religion and disability. He stays back and does nothing, but is constantly conflicted by what is going on around him.
There are more problems that's are going to come as the story goes along for our two main protagonists.
Marie-Laure have escape Paris and have make their way to Saint Malo, hoping to from a safe place to wait out the war. Marie-Laure has had many problems in her life so far, going blind and having to learn a new way to look at the world. Being forced to leave Paris with her father, not understanding why they can't stay in their comfy 4 room flat. Her father eventually going missing while travelling back to Paris, only to be arrested and taken as a prisoner by the Germans. Marie-Laure had no issue dealing with her blindness and leaving her home, but when her father was taken prisoner, Marie-Laure began to have a very hard time living with the problem. She would stay locked in her room for days, not eating or bathing, hoping her father would return to her. Eventually Marie-Laure came out of her depression, and found relief from the beautiful ocean of Saint Malo, allowing her to escape the pain of loosing her father just for and hour or so everyday.
I am unable to give a personal example of my life that would make a connection to this story. My family back in the 1940's during the war had to escape from Holland to South Africa, as many of them were Jewish. They must have felt so much stress and pain having to leave their home, not knowing if they were ever return.
Werner is faced with the common problem of an orphan boy. Growing up Werner always knew that when he turns 15 he would have to work in the mines, to maybe one day end up having the same fate as his father who was killed during a mine collapse.
Werner is terrified of this and was dreading the day he turned 15. As a boy who is uncommonly smart, Werner gets lucky when he is asked to fix a radio for a high end German solider. The solider can see potential in the boy and sends in a request for Werner to try out for the new private schools for gifted German boys. Werner is accepted into the school and is sent off to meet his new life, but many things aren't as they seem. As Werner is attending school, he witnesses many awful things that his people are doing to people of different race, religion and disability. He stays back and does nothing, but is constantly conflicted by what is going on around him.
There are more problems that's are going to come as the story goes along for our two main protagonists.
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