Journal 1:
Marie-Laure and Walter Pfenning are relatively close in age, and are on opposite ends of the nazi war. The story tells the story from both perspectives, from two children from the same the same town which makes this an interesting read. Werner reminds me of my sister because I would remember she was obviously more literate and she could figure out problems or come up with ideas faster than I could, and I, like Werner’s brothers, I would just play along and ask lots of naive questions. After reading the chapter where there is a flashback to Werner's childhood, when he is eight, I automatically compared him to the kids I babysit, whatever they hear, or see, they think is true and don't question it because they don’t have the knowledge to. Marie-Laure is like a loyal colonel , she gets knocked down, quite literally, but also figuratively life knocks Marie-Laure down; yet she never backs down from a challenge.…