Kate's Reading Project Blog

Last week, I began reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.   While it has been popular among the other Gifted students, hopefully I’ll be able to provide some insight through my major blog posts you can’t see elsewhere :).   So far, I’m really enjoying reading the novel.  It is based in history and the major events that occurred are true, but the characters it follows are fictional.  Although the book is based around these two characters meeting, they have not yet gotten anywhere close to doing so from where I am halfway through the book (page 265).   Interestingly, Doerr is able to use this as a way to keep me, the reader, engaged.   Every chapter, which is only about 3 pages, switches back and forth between the characters, and the entire time, I know that they will meet.  However, they’re living in separate countries at completely different points in their lives, which draws a very important question: when will the two fi...

After watching The Zookeeper's Wife  and being reminded of my current fiction book, All the Light We Cannot See , I decided to write my first blog post as a literary criticism on how they provide support for each another.  Thanks for reading! The Zookeeper’s Wife as a Form of Support to All the Light We Cannot See During the course of World War II, there are many incredible perspectives that are unable to be explored throughout the course of a single novel.  However, after recently reading about and watching videos on the war, I discovered that various forms of media were able to explore and properly display these points of view.  The novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, and the film The Zookeeper’s Wife contrast and support each other in a way that they would be unable to individually.  Interestingly, both are able to remain similar although the book is fictional and the movie tells a true story. All the Light We Cannot See occu...

I am currently reading a fiction novel written by Anthony Doerr titled, All the Light We Cannot See.   When I first began reading this book, I was instantly overcome by Doerr’s use of literary devices, as well as the emotions I felt as the war was being described to me.  Because of this, I created a table that demonstrates the various literary devices that Doerr has used so far, and how these impact the reader.  Thanks! Use of Literary Devices as a Form of Pathos