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3. Blackbirds
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in All the Light We Cannot See, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
World War II, the Nazis, and the French Resistance
Interconnectedness and Separation
Fate, Duty, and Free Will
Family
Science and “Ways of Seeing”
Summary
Analysis
On December 10, 1940, a man named Daniel LeBlanc, living in Saint-Malo, receives a telegraph telling him to return to Paris at the end of the month—and to travel “securely.”
It’s finally explicitly revealed that Daniel LeBlanc is the name of Marie-Laure’s father. This telegram will upset the relatively comfortable existence Daniel and Marie-Laure have set up in Saint-Malo, as again larger forces affect the personal lives of Doerr’s characters.
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