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Elizabeth asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:
**HUGE SPOILER ALERT** Was anyone else as disappointed as I was with Werner's death? I was so mad after reading it. I thought it was pointless and dissatisfying, almost like Doerr was done with him after he and Marie-Laure met, though I'm sure the author thought long and hard about it. Any thoughts?
Emily H. There are a few realistic resolutions, but they're all hopeless

If he hadn't been killed, he would be tried and sentenced for Nazi crimes
If he fled bac…moreThere are a few realistic resolutions, but they're all hopeless

If he hadn't been killed, he would be tried and sentenced for Nazi crimes
If he fled back home, he would be executed for deserting (the fate of the 16 and 17 year old boys)
He considered suicide
Although Werner's ending was tragic, it was effective because of the irony. He died at the hands of his own people, the Reich, the people he served.
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