Private Peaceful
The two brothers, Tommo and Charlie, promise to stay together forever but are they able to? What happens when they grow up? Well these are questions to be asked and answered from reading the book!
The two brothers throughout the stories show bravery and cowardice by their actions even though they actually are not cowardice all the time. However, for others they are! Tommo and Charlie both show bravery by participating in the First World War. As time passes, the relationship between all the characters changes which is explained very well by the author, Michael Morpurgo. New characters in the story are introduced as the reader reads on. The new characters build some kind of relationship with the main characters (two brothers) alternatively it does have some effect on the old relationships of the characters. Talking about relationship, you might wonder how was his relationship with others and his family members?He was very honest and optimistic but he couldn't stay honest for very long. As his father dies of a tree falling on him, he has the guilt that he's killed him but doesn't have enough courage to tell this to his family member as it might hurt their feelings.
The story is told to the reader from Tommo's perspective which makes the reader really emphasize with Tommo and his feeling and compare his/her feelings to how Tommo actually is feeling right now. At every moment in the story, the words that the author uses makes the reader more connected into Tommo's life. Some words give a lot of details of the situation and the characters and are very descriptive.
Tommo shows many different sides of him where he's a loving and caring person, a love sacrificer, a kind and respectful child and a very helpful person. He was a very loving and respectful child and was always there for his empowered/disabled and oldest brother, Big Joe even though he knew that it was very hard for him to understand Big Joe. He still didn't give hope.
The story of the Peaceful family also explores the theme of unity and equality. The author shows that no matter what a person is like or is from, we are still equal. One of the most nicest events from this story was when Tommo and his mates help a german and on the other hand when no one is there for Tommo, a stranger german comes to help Tommo in the war fields. This shows how much a stranger can care for a person who doesn't relate to him/her at all. Have you ever noticed this before? Well if not then you can experience this in the book "Private Peaceful".
Not every stranger is an enemy and not every person is a friend.
Private Peaceful is quite interesting and is recommended for students and adults to read. Reading makes people better in a language. But if you get a book that you are interested in then you are more likely to read it and improve your language. Another interesting feature about this book by Michael Morpurgo that makes the book unique is that it's all about Tommo describing his whole life up to the present (age 17) in just 24 hours. The scrumptious thing that makes this book more recommendable for kids is that it mostly written in past and goes to present. There are many moments in the book where the reader is left to think about the situation and the future. Some events/actions make you think what might happen next?
Michael uses very simple words in this text and a lot of literary devices. This book is recommended to kids by many teachers because the book consists of many literary features, is very imaginative and is easy to read.
If you need something interesting, and cannot decide what to read, don't forget Private Peaceful! It's an amazing emotional, family, drama and action full book.
(There's also a movie for this book)
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