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Reading is fantastic but not everyone is really good in it like me.
I was just reading a book called "Private Peaceful" by Michael Morpurgo. By now, I read one third of it and I find it quite interesting. It's from the times of the First World War and Michael describes the childhood of the protagonist and the battlefields of the war really well as time passes by.
The main characters in this book are Tommo/Thomas Peaceful, Big Joe Peaceful, Charlie Peaceful, Molly, Grandma Wolf and The Colonel. The protagonists are Tommo Peaceful, Charlie Peaceful, Molly and the antagonist are The Colonel, Grandma Wolf. All the characters are related to each other.
Tommo Peaceful is 15 year old and has two brothers called Charlie and Big Joe. He decides that at this moment of his life, he wants to remember as much of his memories of his childhood as possible. Tommo wants to live his childhood again and wants tonight to be as long as possible.
He thinks back: he and Charlie used to go to school and how scared he was on his first day. "Charlie is always there for me" he thinks. The shocking part of the orientation for me was when he explains how his father dies and the secret that he's hiding from everyone concerning his father's death. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Molly (a student in his class) on the first day of school, who helps him. Consequently, she gets really attached with the Peaceful family. On the other hand, there's the Colonel who warns Molly's family to not send their daughter to the Peaceful family since Charlie's a theft. Charlie had stolen a foxhound from the Colonel's land and fished in the Colonel's river. However Charlie and Molly secretly keep meeting each other, which makes their relationship turn into more than just friendship.
As I was reading, at some points I was prognosticating what might happen because the story was taking a really interesting turn. It was a little bit easy for me to guess that the relationship between Charlie and Molly will develop throughout the story and Tommo will get betrayed from the person who cared about him the most. Tommo says "That night I lay there beside Charlie not speaking. I was so filled with anger and resentment towards him that I never wanted to speak to him again, nor to Molly come to that." (pg.73) I think that from reading this statement, I really feel empathy for Tommo because the words that he uses shows the reader how sad he was and how heartbroken he was. He really loved his brother but his brother loved the same girl as he did.
This book is written in 1st person so I think that it's always better to read a book written in 1st person because then you can easily connect with the narrator and feel empathy for him/her. You also get to see their point of view and hear their opinion about each situation. But everything has its own advantages and disadvantages and a disadvantage about reading a book in 1st person is that you only get to see the narrator's POV and hear his/her opinions. We are not able to attach that much with all the other characters and we always think that what the narrator is saying is right. It's always better to hear different perspectives so sometimes I prefer to read books written in 3rd person. Despite that some books in 1st person are also quite interesting like this one.
The beginning of this story is quite powerful and story and characters are introduced very well to the reader. "They've gone now and I'm alone at last... ... Charlie is taking me by the hand, leading me because he knows I don't want to go." (pg.7) are the beginning sentences of the story. I think that they are really powerful because they create many questions in the reader's mind. I really thought what actually happened, what's going to happen next and what's actually going on. This is exact what made me read this book because the beginning was really powerful.
The plot structure in the story develops very slowly I think because the writer doesn't overwhelms the reader with a lot of information. The information is slowly told. I like the way how the author gives one piece of information and elaborates/explains that very well throughout the story and then gives another piece of information making everything clear for the reader. I don't think that this story's been confusing at any time for me. Tommo thinks, "Big Joe doesn't have to go to school..." (pg.8) and tells the reader where he stays and what he does rater than talking about himself or Charlie.
There are many different chapters in this book. The names of these chapters are really, really different than all the other books I have read before. The chapters are named according to the times of the clock for ex. FIVE PAST TEN OR NEARLY FIVE TO ONE. This relates the reader to the beginning of the story where the protagonist Tommo says "I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won't waste a single moment of it." (pg.7). The time passes by doesn't matter what happens and the protagonist also keeps on telling the story. I find this one of the most interesting things to name the chapter of a book like this. Somehow this also reminds me of the book THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME where the chapters are named with all the prime numbers.
Michael Morpurgo has written many other books like THE BILLY KID and THE DANCING BEAR. I really think that do all of these books have something like this?
Private Peaceful also has a movie and looks quite interesting. Therefore, if you are interested, do watch the movie or read the book. If the beginning of this book could be so interesting then how would it end?
I wonder what happens next in the story?
To Be Continued...
आकांक्षा
Reading is fantastic but not everyone is really good in it like me.
I was just reading a book called "Private Peaceful" by Michael Morpurgo. By now, I read one third of it and I find it quite interesting. It's from the times of the First World War and Michael describes the childhood of the protagonist and the battlefields of the war really well as time passes by.The main characters in this book are Tommo/Thomas Peaceful, Big Joe Peaceful, Charlie Peaceful, Molly, Grandma Wolf and The Colonel. The protagonists are Tommo Peaceful, Charlie Peaceful, Molly and the antagonist are The Colonel, Grandma Wolf. All the characters are related to each other.
Tommo Peaceful is 15 year old and has two brothers called Charlie and Big Joe. He decides that at this moment of his life, he wants to remember as much of his memories of his childhood as possible. Tommo wants to live his childhood again and wants tonight to be as long as possible.
He thinks back: he and Charlie used to go to school and how scared he was on his first day. "Charlie is always there for me" he thinks. The shocking part of the orientation for me was when he explains how his father dies and the secret that he's hiding from everyone concerning his father's death. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Molly (a student in his class) on the first day of school, who helps him. Consequently, she gets really attached with the Peaceful family. On the other hand, there's the Colonel who warns Molly's family to not send their daughter to the Peaceful family since Charlie's a theft. Charlie had stolen a foxhound from the Colonel's land and fished in the Colonel's river. However Charlie and Molly secretly keep meeting each other, which makes their relationship turn into more than just friendship.
As I was reading, at some points I was prognosticating what might happen because the story was taking a really interesting turn. It was a little bit easy for me to guess that the relationship between Charlie and Molly will develop throughout the story and Tommo will get betrayed from the person who cared about him the most. Tommo says "That night I lay there beside Charlie not speaking. I was so filled with anger and resentment towards him that I never wanted to speak to him again, nor to Molly come to that." (pg.73) I think that from reading this statement, I really feel empathy for Tommo because the words that he uses shows the reader how sad he was and how heartbroken he was. He really loved his brother but his brother loved the same girl as he did.
This book is written in 1st person so I think that it's always better to read a book written in 1st person because then you can easily connect with the narrator and feel empathy for him/her. You also get to see their point of view and hear their opinion about each situation. But everything has its own advantages and disadvantages and a disadvantage about reading a book in 1st person is that you only get to see the narrator's POV and hear his/her opinions. We are not able to attach that much with all the other characters and we always think that what the narrator is saying is right. It's always better to hear different perspectives so sometimes I prefer to read books written in 3rd person. Despite that some books in 1st person are also quite interesting like this one.The beginning of this story is quite powerful and story and characters are introduced very well to the reader. "They've gone now and I'm alone at last... ... Charlie is taking me by the hand, leading me because he knows I don't want to go." (pg.7) are the beginning sentences of the story. I think that they are really powerful because they create many questions in the reader's mind. I really thought what actually happened, what's going to happen next and what's actually going on. This is exact what made me read this book because the beginning was really powerful.
The plot structure in the story develops very slowly I think because the writer doesn't overwhelms the reader with a lot of information. The information is slowly told. I like the way how the author gives one piece of information and elaborates/explains that very well throughout the story and then gives another piece of information making everything clear for the reader. I don't think that this story's been confusing at any time for me. Tommo thinks, "Big Joe doesn't have to go to school..." (pg.8) and tells the reader where he stays and what he does rater than talking about himself or Charlie.
There are many different chapters in this book. The names of these chapters are really, really different than all the other books I have read before. The chapters are named according to the times of the clock for ex. FIVE PAST TEN OR NEARLY FIVE TO ONE. This relates the reader to the beginning of the story where the protagonist Tommo says "I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won't waste a single moment of it." (pg.7). The time passes by doesn't matter what happens and the protagonist also keeps on telling the story. I find this one of the most interesting things to name the chapter of a book like this. Somehow this also reminds me of the book THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME where the chapters are named with all the prime numbers.
Michael Morpurgo has written many other books like THE BILLY KID and THE DANCING BEAR. I really think that do all of these books have something like this?
Private Peaceful also has a movie and looks quite interesting. Therefore, if you are interested, do watch the movie or read the book. If the beginning of this book could be so interesting then how would it end?
I wonder what happens next in the story?
To Be Continued...
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