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Did Marie not release it in the kennel and give Werner the model?
MAJOR SPOILERS:
She leaves the stone in the model and leaves it in the kennel. When she parts from Werner, she gives him the key to the kennel.
Years later, when the model is returned to her, Marie-Laure is not sure what to think:
"Everything whirling through space, taking a lap around the room, then climbing back into Marie-Laure's mind. The boy. The model. Has it never been opened? She sets the house down suddenly, as if it is very hot."
"...What agonies this woman endured, Marie-Laure cannot guess. And the model house? Did WErner let himself back into the grotto to retrieve it? Did he leave the stone inside?"
"From her memory, Dr. Geffard whispers: That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that...[she opens model]....Something drops into her palm. An iron key."
So it is my belief that what the key represents is Werner's strength. That he is finally able to overcome the easy thing and do the right thing.
Thanks! This is one book I could read twice!!
I have just finished reading it for the second time . . . .and I am sure I will pick it up again. It is now well dog-eared and pencil marked . . . . a real favourite!
I emphatically agree with Amyraz. What's not altogether clear to me is why Marie-Laure would have given him the key, that is what specific intent did she have in mind?
I think she gives him the key as a "thank you" for saving her life. The key represents her "secret world", the place where her "treasure" is hidden. She knows the stone is valuable and she hopes he will find it. Whether or not he keeps it, or throws it into the sea, we will never be sure, but I think the author left that up to each individual reader. Maybe he released it because he knew it was really not his to take...or maybe he took it and it is buried with him...
1974: "Lump of carbon no larger than a chestnut. Mantled with algae, bedecked with barnacles. Crawled over by snails. It stirs among the pebbles." (p. 520) The stone has been in the kennel for thirty years. Perhaps it is still there?
And I'm sorry I didn't put spoiler wrnings on this!
I think the key represented the goodness in their relationship.
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MAJOR SPOILERS:She leaves the stone in the model and leaves it in the kennel. When she parts from Werner, she gives him the key to the kennel.
Years later, when the model is returned to her, Marie-Laure is not sure what to think:
"Everything whirling through space, taking a lap around the room, then climbing back into Marie-Laure's mind. The boy. The model. Has it never been opened? She sets the house down suddenly, as if it is very hot."
"...What agonies this woman endured, Marie-Laure cannot guess. And the model house? Did WErner let himself back into the grotto to retrieve it? Did he leave the stone inside?"
"From her memory, Dr. Geffard whispers: That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that...[she opens model]....Something drops into her palm. An iron key."
So it is my belief that what the key represents is Werner's strength. That he is finally able to overcome the easy thing and do the right thing.
Thanks! This is one book I could read twice!!
I have just finished reading it for the second time . . . .and I am sure I will pick it up again. It is now well dog-eared and pencil marked . . . . a real favourite!
I emphatically agree with Amyraz. What's not altogether clear to me is why Marie-Laure would have given him the key, that is what specific intent did she have in mind?
I think she gives him the key as a "thank you" for saving her life. The key represents her "secret world", the place where her "treasure" is hidden. She knows the stone is valuable and she hopes he will find it. Whether or not he keeps it, or throws it into the sea, we will never be sure, but I think the author left that up to each individual reader. Maybe he released it because he knew it was really not his to take...or maybe he took it and it is buried with him...
1974: "Lump of carbon no larger than a chestnut. Mantled with algae, bedecked with barnacles. Crawled over by snails. It stirs among the pebbles." (p. 520) The stone has been in the kennel for thirty years. Perhaps it is still there?And I'm sorry I didn't put spoiler wrnings on this!
I think the key represented the goodness in their relationship.
