Private Peaceful (After Words)

I loved the book and initially it was just meant to read for class. Has great its twists and and overall amazing book

This was by far the Cheapest book in a list of college text books I had ordered. If you want a book review I liked it but my class were all opposed to it Michael Morpurgo author of the War Horse made another novel about the First World War this time from the perspective of a growing child. The protagonist who the author penned his name from a gravestone while visiting a cemetery Is named Tommo Peaceful who grows up in the early 1900s. He suffers a great deal of tragedies alongside his family until he ends up a British soldier in The Great War. He serves at literary device to portray the life of the average soldier during the war. He forms relationships and friendships with those he meets and goes about his day. Each chapter is counting down to something however its up to the reader to find out what. Without spoiling the book I can say that the end left me feeling slightly confused. With a critical cliffhanger as we never find out what happens. And though it can be inferenced that since the author found his name of a gravestone the worst happens. However recently my Professor made me question this explaining there never is a first name on the gravestone he say. Leaving me to wonder whos grave he saw. The MLA citation as of 2022 is -Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful. Scholastic,2003.

Having never read any previews of this book it took me a little while to catch on what was taking place. It is a well written book exploring the avenues of childhood with all the ups and downs of that part of life with absolutely brilliant descriptions of life in those times with a time to enjoy life and recognize nature around us which many now a days just do not notice or appreciate.Perhaps in this year of the anniversary of the start of the 1914-1918 war it is a book which should be read to enlighten one as to the horrors of life of those who fought in it and in some cases how they come to be there. I finished this book 4 days ago and I am still remembering chapters scenes and lines from it.I find the hard part of the book is to try and decide who it is for, as while in the lead up to the going to war could well be directed towards children but wwhen it moves on to war and the culmination it is definitely adult material.

This book is so beautifully written, that you feel you are there with the characters in each situation. The use of the time at the top of each chapter is a very clever way to get one thinking, questioning and guessing.The climax of the story is cleverely hidden until the last minute. An excellent way for young people to experience a little of what the young people all those years ago had to go through.Very moving.

I would definetaly give this book 5 stars. It made me cry and laugh and cry all over again!!!! I would recommend it to everyone, especially people who like war books. Michael Morpurgo is great at combining war with romance and love, friendship and family and lots more!!

This book was a one of the best books I've ever read. I even felt the emotions Tommo and Charlie felt. I give this book a five star rating and I highly recommend this book to others. Also this book was very well written and described. Thank you.

Without being too longwinded I loved the book and the style of writing. had me going off on a tangent till the end. This author wrote from the heart and with feeling on a very emotive topic.Excellent story telling and the characters were lovable hateful and inbetween, will watch out for more of Mr. Morpurgo

As a Great War buff, this book is possibly one of my favorite WWI books.

This amazing book arrived right on time. I can't speak highly enough about Michael Morpurgo's WWI story!

Nonostante sia una storia per bambini, narra le vicende in modo realistico e non ha paura di descrivere gli aspetti più crudi della guerra.

One of the best journeys you have with the narrator... An impressive story that brings the nostalgia in the readers... Just loved it. Michael Morpurgo has not deceived the readers...In regards to the quality of the book, ut is also good!

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One of the most tragic events of the 20th century was the senseless slaughter and sacrifice of many young men on the battlefields of the Somme,Verdun and Passchendaele. The iconic 1914 recruitment poster of Lord Kitchener, wearing a cap of a British Field Marshall, stares and points at the viewer pleading to their sense of allegiance and responsibility by declaring..."Your country needs you" The specially constituted "pals battalions" resulted in friends, neighbours and colleagues enlisting together at local recruiting drives with the promise that they could serve alongside each other. However many of these battalions sustained heavy causalities and this had a significant impact on their communities at home.In the small Devon town of Hatherleigh lives young Tommo Peaceful with his brother Charlie and the girl they both adore, Molly. This is family life, village life, captured in the idyllic Devon countryside before the encroachment and black clouds of world war 1 destroys the dreams and aspirations of so many in pointless sacrifice ensuring that life would never be the same again....."We'd lie amongst the grass and buttercups of the water meadows and look up at the clouds scudding across the sky, at the wind-whipped crows chasing a mewing buzzard"....Tommo and Charlie are gripped in the romantic notion of helping to eradicate the threat of the Hun who were attempting to grow their military might and realize their imperialistic ambitions. So the two brothers and close friends from the village march blindly off to war where the initial patriotic enthusiasm dies tragically amidst pointless butchering when the reality of war is revealed...."I could no longer pretend to myself that I believed in a merciful god nor in a heaven, not anymore, not after I had seen what men could do to one another. I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth and it was man-made, not God-made"......."the terror that is engulfing me and invading me, destroying any last glimmer of courage and composure I may have left. All I have left now is my fear"....Michael Morpurgo expertly portrays the senseless slaughter and sacrifice of world war 1 to a young impressionable adult audience. This is achieved by comparing the beauty and peacefulness of the English countryside with the shell ravaged mud filled trenches of France....this was the raw reality of war. Private Peaceful is a sombre novel to be read by young and old. It's simplistic language is very effective in creating an image of a time when the romantic notion of war quickly became a vision of hell and where the loss of millions was seen as an acceptable price for the march of imperialism and the misguided ambitions of WW1 military leaders. Highly Recommended.