Imagery At Its Finest

This week, on Thursday, we learned about imagery. Find an example of imagery in the book, quote it, and explain how it appeals to your senses.

One piece of visual imagery that I really like in All the Light We Cannot See is on page 11. "In stormy light, its granite glows blue. At the highest tides, the sea creeps into basements at the very center of town. At the lowest tides, the barnacled ribs of a thousand shipwrecks stick out above the sea."

This was very powerful to me in my sense of seeing. I could easily picture the stormy town, with its granite tiles glowing a bluish color. And then when the tides are high, I could see the water going over the edge of the ground, not quite high enough to flood houses, but just the right height to get into basements. My favorite part of this was the barnacled ribs, because I found that very beautiful, especially when I pictured it in the stormy light. 

I really love the imagery in this book; it's gorgeous and intriguing. 

Werner Pfennig, A Summary

Choose either Marie-Laure or Werner and do a character sketch. Mention appearance, age, mannerisms, defining characteristics, personality, circumstances, main goal, and primary conflict (so far).

Werner Pfennig is a young boy in Nazi Germany. It is mentioned many times that he is "white-haired" (pg. 7). On page 24, it says Werner is "undersized and his ears stick out and he speaks with a high, sweet voice; the whiteness of his jar stops people in their tracks." At the very beginning he is 18, but when it goes back in time, he is 7. He loves his radio. A lot. He is always reconfiguring it and fixing it and messing with it and listening to it. 

He wants to be an engineer or scientist but can't because he's in Nazi Germany and the only thing he can do is become a soldier or work in the mines. He obviously becomes a soldier, as you can tell from the prologue. I'm excited to see how he gets there.