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meaning of title?
Caitlin There's no doubt a deeper meaning of the title found after completion of the story, but I would most likely say the part when Werner and Jutta are lis…moreThere's no doubt a deeper meaning of the title found after completion of the story, but I would most likely say the part when Werner and Jutta are listening to the radio, and Marie's grandfather says "So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?" That's where I believe the answer comes from, but I'm sure there's also a deeper meaning about the war.(less)
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