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Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo

Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by Michael Morpurgo, first published in 2003. It is about a soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I in France. Structurally, each chapter of the book brings the reader closer to the present until the story turns to present tense. The story especially underlines the senselessness of war and ineptitude of the commanding officer.

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“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”

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“I must survive. I have promises to keep.”

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“We're much alike, bee, you and me," I said. "You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike.”

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