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* BadLuckCharm: The Sea of Flames diamond, the novel's MineralMacGuffin. Played with, in that while the diamond is an ImmortalityInducer--if you have it, you will never die--the diamond brings bad luck on ''other'' people, people you are associated with. People you care about.
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* BigBad: Sergeant Major [[ImmortalitySeeker Reinhold von Rumpel]] is a Nazi gemologist who is in pursuit of the Sea of Flames, a diamond that is rumored to give its owner immortality. He is a recurring character throughout the book and is responsible for much of the conflict in the third act. [[spoiler: He harasses the blind Marie-Laure Leblanc in an attempt to find out whether she has the Sea of Flames. Later, during the Battle of Saint-Malo, von Rumpel breaks into Marie-Laure's house to find the Sea of Flames, forcing Marie-Laure to hide in the attic with it.]]
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* ShutIn: Uncle Etienne does not leave his house for 24 years, 1920-1944. He finally goes out in desperation when Marie is delayed in her return from the bakery--she has encountered Reinhold at the beach.
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* BodyDouble: A [[MineralMacGuffin mineral example.]] There are two duplicate gems made of the Sea of Flames - indistinguishable to the untrained eye - made to keep the Germans from tracking down the real one. Even the people carrying the gems, other than the Master of the Louvre, don't know which one is real.
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* BodyDouble: A [[MineralMacGuffin mineral example.]] There are two three duplicate gems made of the Sea of Flames - indistinguishable to the untrained eye - made to keep the Germans from tracking down the real one. Even the people carrying the gems, other than the Master of the Louvre, don't know which one is real.
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* CursedItem: The Sea of Flames diamond. It brings immortality to the person who possesses it, but brings bad luck and grief to the people ''around'' that person, the people that the possessor cares about.
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* BodyDouble: A [[MineralMacGuffin mineral example.]] There are two duplicate gems made of the Sea of Flames - indistinguishable to the untrained eye - made to keep the Germans from tracking down the real one. Even the people carrying the gems, other than the Master of the Louvre, don't know which one is real.
* InformedLocation: St. Malo. Although Anthony Doerr clearly researched the hell out of its geography, culturally it's indistinct from any other French town - there is no indication of the Breton culture, language, and cuisine that St. Malo wears proudly to this day.
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* BreakTheCutie: it is about World War II
* DistantFinale: After 90% or so of the book is set in the 1934-44 time frame, a couple of chapters skip forward to 1974 and the last chapter finds Marie an old lady in 2014.
* ImmortalityInducer: The main reason why Reinhold wants the Sea of Flames so badly. The stories say that whoever holds the jewel will never die. By the time he finally gets to St. Malo, Reinhold is ridden with cancer with a life expectancy measured in weeks.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: All the vast millions that make up the German Army on the Eastern Front, and Werner gets assigned to a unit that includes his old classmate, Volkheimer.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Marie's great-uncle Etienne, who takes her and her father in, is this. He came home from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI suffering from severe hallucinations and a case of agoraphobia. Over two decades later, when Marie comes to live with him in 1940, Etienne still never leaves his house. He does not take it well when the Germans show up.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: The school that enrolls Werner after the authorities find out about his uncommon intelligence is as brutal and vicious as everything else in Nazi Germany. Werner's friend Frederick is singled out for being physically weak and beaten with a rubber hose.
* ATasteOfTheLash: The school that enrolls Werner after the authorities find out about his uncommon intelligence is as brutal and vicious as everything else in Nazi Germany. Werner's friend Frederick is singled out for being physically weak and beaten with a rubber hose.
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''All The Light We Cannot See'' is a 2014 historical novel written by Anthony Doerr, and winner of the 2015 UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for Fiction. The story, taking place during World War II, focuses on the lives of Marie-Laure [=LeBlanc=], a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. Their paths collide in occupied France, and just as the war has dramatically changed their lives, so will their meeting.
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''All The Light We Cannot See'' is a 2014 historical novel written by Anthony Doerr, and winner of the 2015 UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for Fiction. The story, taking place during World War II, focuses on story spans the lives of years 1934 to 1944 in Germany and France. The two main characters are Marie-Laure [=LeBlanc=], a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. Their The story pivots in 1940 when Marie and her father flee Paris for the coastal town of St. Malo, while Werner is picked from his orphanage to attend a special Nazi boarding school for gifted students.
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All The Light We Cannot See is a 2014 historical novel written by Anthony Doerr, and winner of the 2015 UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for Fiction. The story, taking place during World War II, focuses on the lives of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, [=LeBlanc=], a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. Their paths collide in occupied France, and just as the war has dramatically changed their lives, so will their meeting.
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* Intergenerational Friendship: Marie befriends her agoraphobic great-uncle, as well as adults who work at the museum
* Mineral MacGuffin: again, the Sea of Flames
* Orphanage of Love: although they are very poor, Werner and Jutta grow up in one
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* Break the Cutie: it is about World War II
* Intergenerational Friendship: Marie befriends her agoraphobic great-uncle, as well as adults who work at the museum
* Mineral MacGuffin: again, the Sea of Flames
* Orphanage of Love: although they are very poor, Werner and Jutta grow up in one
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All The Light We Cannot See is a 2014 historical novel written by Anthony Doerr, and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The story, taking place during World War II, focuses on the lives of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. Their paths collide in occupied France, and just as the war has dramatically changed their lives, so will their meeting.
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* Artifact of Attraction: the Sea of Flames
* Break the Cutie: it is about World War II
* Intergenerational Friendship: Marie befriends her agoraphobic great-uncle, as well as adults who work at the museum
* Mineral MacGuffin: again, the Sea of Flames
* Orphanage of Love: although they are very poor, Werner and Jutta grow up in one
* Plucky Girl: it is remarked on that although Marie has been through a lot, she doesn't let it get her down for long
* Wise Beyond Their Years: Marie and Werner are both intelligent and curious for their age, but this trope applies especially to Werner's younger sister Jutta
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All The Light We Cannot See is a 2014 historical novel written by Anthony Doerr, and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The story, taking place during World War II, focuses on the lives of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. Their paths collide in occupied France, and just as the war has dramatically changed their lives, so will their meeting.
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* Artifact of Attraction: the Sea of Flames
* Break the Cutie: it is about World War II
* Intergenerational Friendship: Marie befriends her agoraphobic great-uncle, as well as adults who work at the museum
* Mineral MacGuffin: again, the Sea of Flames
* Orphanage of Love: although they are very poor, Werner and Jutta grow up in one
* Plucky Girl: it is remarked on that although Marie has been through a lot, she doesn't let it get her down for long
* Wise Beyond Their Years: Marie and Werner are both intelligent and curious for their age, but this trope applies especially to Werner's younger sister Jutta
