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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?
Barbara Wood I just finished this book within the last 2 hours and I am still haunted by it. This scene especially (Frederick and the owl), remains mysterious. I t…moreI just finished this book within the last 2 hours and I am still haunted by it. This scene especially (Frederick and the owl), remains mysterious. I too want to believe that the spirit of Werner, in the form of the owl, awakened Frederick back to life. On the last page, Marie-Laure contemplates "all the light we cannont see" and wonders if our souls fill the world around us just like radio waves and text communications. She thinks: "That her father and Etienne and Madame Manec and the German boy named Werner Pfennig might harry the sky in flocks, like egrets, like terns, like starlings" For me, this is a strong reference that Werner's soul visited Frederick and awoke him back to life. (less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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