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    Essay Sample: Michael Morpurgo shows us how different people respond to authority. Discuss. Award winning novel Private Peaceful by author Michael Morpurgo takes readers on a journey into lives of the Peaceful family. Set in England and the trenches of Belgium during the period of World War One‚ Morpurgo illustrates how different people respond to authority. Narrator Thomas (Tommo) Peaceful follows the rules and obeys the commands of people that are more powerful than him. His brother Charlie

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    The lost generation Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful enables Diane Samuels to explore distant memories of the first world war Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Time and memory shape this latest work‚ set during the first world war‚ from Michael Morpurgo‚ the children’s laureate. The style is simple and eloquent‚ the pace as gentle as it is persistent and ominous. A watch‚ given by an injured captain to the private who rescued him under fire‚ marks the passing of the minutes and hours

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    Private Peaceful by:Michael Morpurgo The book “Private Peaceful”‚ by Michael Morpurgo‚ is about a young man named Tommo and the memories he had as a child in his perspective. Tommo has an older brother named Charlie who has been a great influence on Tommo’s life‚ and when Charlie gets enlisted into the army‚ Tommo follows. A majority of the story takes place when the two boys are fighting in World War 1 showing the emotional and physical obstacles they overcame. Gemini- Big Joe I chose

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    | Explanation | | | | Rhetorical question | . Who would you rather see marching through your streets? Us lot or the Hun? | Most authors use rhetorical questions to make the reader thin of a certain part in a book as a reader but Michael morpurgo used rhetorical question in the speech to make the reade3r think about the speech not as a reader but as a soldier | Emotive language | They’ll come marching through here burning your houses‚ killing your children‚ and yes‚ violating your

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    Private Peaceful’ by Michael Morpurgo explores the brutality of war and the devastation brought about by those who wage it. Essentially‚ it is a novel that condemns war. Morpurgo uses Charlie’s court martial and the actions of his superiors and authority figures to emphasise the unjust and pointless nature of war‚ along with Tommo’s experiences as a soldier in battle to illustrate the destructiveness of conflict. Overall‚ Morpurgo highlights the outcome of the war to demonstrate its general ineffectiveness

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    PRIVATE PEACEFUL Book Review by Amaan Mohammed Happiness. Sadness. Guilt. Morpurgo has blended all emotions into one in his poignant and touching‚ Private Peaceful. Isolated in a barn in World War I is Thomas Peaceful‚ a boy struggling to remain in his state of consciousness. Buried in his head is the thought that tonight is his last and he is resolved to not waste it. With eight precious hours remaining‚ Thomas is determined to reminisce his seventeen years of

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    Family is a term that can be interpreted differently by in individual‚ and is usually defined as a support system. In private Peaceful family members are emotionally‚ linked and have a strong bond. There are several aspects of the Peaceful family‚ such as the values‚ love and supports to each other‚ but not all of the family have this kind of values. In Private Peaceful the family shows a good of a family who love each other no matter what. Their tenderness and care for Big Joe is very touching

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    Private Peaceful Practice Essay ‘The child is father to the man’ Morpurgo’s portrayal of the characters in Private Peaceful as children establishes what they will be like as adults in difficult conditions especially at war. Discuss this statement‚ including the extent to which you agree. The novel ‘Private Peaceful’ written by Michael Morpurgo‚ is a novel that explores the life of Tommo through past and present accounts of his life. The reader is also introduced to Charlie the brother of

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    In the novel Private Peaceful written by: Michael Morpurgo. The author portrays the horrific acts that went on during WWI. The author Shows these acts though the characters‚ setting and time period. World War I was a horrific time period for everyone‚ there was many horrific tragedies. From the gas attacks to the grenades that were just created. The technology of World War I changed through it‚ Planes were now used to drop bombs and scope out the enemies. Although the planes were good to help

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    novel Private Peaceful and the short story "The Best Christmas Present in the World" are both by Michael Morpurgo‚ however the author is not the only thing that connects the two. When looking at these stories you realise just how similar they are‚ mainly the characters‚ plot and many of the themes. However‚ these stories are also very different‚ and the main characters face challenges that are different to each other yet hold just as much importance. Tommo‚ our narrator in Private Peaceful‚ faces

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