Papers are finally produced for Franklin so he and Francoiseleave heading for England. With Francoisesfather having a very strong liking of her he too becomes depressed which resultsin his suicide. When the Germans kill the two doctors that helpedFranklin the daughter of one of them becomes very depressed. Franklin falls very ill though and notknowing how his future will develop OConnor leaves once the appropriatearrangements are made.
Hoping the same for the other two, their plan is for Franklin and OConnor toleave once their papers are found.
They produce citizen papers for two of the men so they are able to go home. Theyseek medical help from two doctors who are successful in amputating Franklinsarm. They also helped to get and/or make citizenship papers for the men. The family, which consists of Francoise (the girl), her father, herbrother Pierre and her Grandmother see to it that Franklins arm is taken careof. After walkingfor a significant amount of time they find a farm where a very pleasant familytakes them. Franklins arm is hurt very badly but luckily they go down in anarea of France that is occupied and they can get help promptly. 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.
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