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
Marie-Laure feels her way through the radio room, and finds the transmitter that Etienne had used to broadcast previously. She wonders if anybody is listening to Etienne’s radio station anymore. She turns on the broadcasting equipment, and begins to read aloud from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
We can see the plots of the book coming together—once again, a LeBlanc is making a broadcast, and Werner Pfennig is going to listen.
Themes
