As we have gotten to know more about Marie-Laure and Werner, how has your opinion of them changed and why? Use evidence from the book to support your answer.
My opinions on Marie-Laure have changed. She's very strange, in my opinion. Everyone treats her very delicately, but in reality she's strong. And vicious. At one point in the books she thinks that she will rip someone's eyes out if he touches her. She's also kind of just there. She doesn't do much, she just lets things happen to her. That's not a bad thing, it just makes her very human.
Werner, on the other hand, is my favorite character. He's the epitome of a soldier. He's not a bad person, he was just born in the wrong place, at the wrong time. One example that changed my opinion of him is on page 229, when they are throwing water on the prisoner. Werner throws the water, being the good soldier he is, yet Frederick refuses. This made me acutely aware that Werner is no hero. But Frederick is. It made me love this book more, because most protagonists are heroes, but you don't have to be a hero to have a story.
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