Journeys and traveling are another motif throughout The Nightingale: this is a book about people going on both physical and emotional journeys, and how those journeys change them. The fate of Sophie’s friend, a Jewish girl shot by Nazis while running away, is another example of the children motif that displays the pervasiveness of war. Her greatest contribution to the war effort is helping to hide Jewish children, who aren’t safe despite their age. Vianne becomes pregnant as the result of rape by a Nazi soldier, representing that even an infant can be tainted by war, but the fact that she goes on to raise that child lovingly with her husband shows the ability to recover from violence. ChildrenĬhildren act as a motif over the course of The Nightingale, representing how war reaches to the entire population of a country, but also that life manages to go on. The fate of the store acts as an allegory for how normal life in France ground to a halt following the Nazi occupation, but relics of that old life still remained, because the Nazi occupation was inherently unnatural and forced change upon a city that wasn’t prepared. Isabelle and Vianne’s father’s bookstore acts as an allegory for the dramatic changes experienced in France during WWII: while the war has prevented most people from being able to buy books, the shop still remains, lacking customers but still containing all of its books. Although the novel follows a dark time in French history, the nightingale acts as a symbol for the people who worked to make it better.
#Nightingale symbolism code
Isabelle’s code name within the resistance is the nightingale, and as a prominent member who saves countless people, she becomes a symbol of hope. The nightingale is a symbol for hope in the face of war. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.
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