The storytakes place in the Second World War when Franklin and his co-pilots take theplane down. Although from just the book, the actual title does not have asignificant amount of relation and ties in with the story poorly. Thetitle was taken from the poem, which most likely in its complete form was moreto do with war. Theshort verse of the poem is relative to a naval experience (from the referral tosails advancing), which partially ties in with the main setting of the book.Īpart from France, the actual title never said or made reference to. The books title is taken from thepoem by Michael Drayton (1563-1631) which is at the beginning of the book. Bates makes it clear that there isalways some good in all evil, even war. Yet while looking forhelp he found a wonderful family, and if that had not happened then Franklinwould never have been able to meet Francoise. Franklinhad crashed his plane and his arm was severely damaged. Bates wanted to show that within allthe horrors of war, two people were able to find love and happiness. I feltthat the books purpose was very clear. The novel deals with love, war,isolation and conflict although there is no specific theme to the book. The storyfollows the main character, John Franklin, through his journey when he bringshis aircraft down into occupied France. Bates is a Romance Fiction set at the height of World War Two.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |