Kaye answers “When the owl visits Frederick at the end...”

Amy asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:

When the owl visits Frederick at the end of the book, does anyone think that Frederick 'came back to life' and regained brain function? Or does this scene just offer some closure to his story line?

Kaye I didn't get that he was recovering. His mother didn't react in a surprised way to his comments, so it didn't seem out of normal. It seemed to me to i…moreI didn't get that he was recovering. His mother didn't react in a surprised way to his comments, so it didn't seem out of normal. It seemed to me to imply that he had better moments, and worse moments. And it made me feel that there was still some part of Frederick in there, no matter what had been done to him.

At one point in the story, Werner comments that Frederick is stronger than him. I felt like this is what was being said here. Werner was right. Frederick was the strong one. In spite of everything, some part of Frederick survived, while Werner was just gone.(less)

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