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Summary
Background
Part 0, Chapters 1-8
Part 1, Chapters 9-31
Part 2, Chapters 32-36
Part 3, Chapters 37-61
Part 4, Chapters 62-67
Part 5, Chapters 68-95
Part 6, Chapters 96-100
Part 7, Chapters 101-120
Part 8, Chapters 121-128
Part 9, Chapters 129-147
Part 10, Chapters 148-165
Part 11, Chapters 166-167
Part 12, Chapters 168-177
Part 13, Chapter 178
Character Analysis
Symbols & Motifs
Themes
Important Quotes
Essay Topics
Quiz
Werner goes home with Frederick to Berlin during their school vacation. Frederick’s family is rich and privileged. Though Werner feels that he has betrayed Frederick, Frederick continues to treat Werner the same as before. The maid, Fanni, lets them into the apartment.
Frederick puts on eyeglasses, revealing why he is so poor at marksmanship. He shares his treasures with Werner, including comic books and a forbidden American book: Audubon’s Birds of America.
Frederick’s mother proudly takes the boys out in their uniforms, and she insists to friends that the Jewish woman who currently occupies the penthouse apartment in their building will be gone by year’s end. When Werner asks Frederick whether he wants to go back to school, Frederick replies that his parents need him to be at Schulpforta, so it doesn’t matter what he wants.
When her father fails to return from his trip, Marie-Laure becomes angry and withdraws from everyone. Without her father, everything scares her, and she does not respond to Etienne and Madame Manec’s efforts to cheer her up. After 20 days, she is bereft and gives up hope.
By Anthony Doerr