Private Peaceful

Life in 1914-1918

• No technology
• Society was based on class
• Schooling was strict
• Society was religious
• Worked hard (6 days a week)

society based on class

• Poor and rich separated
• Rich treat poor unfairly

Games and hobbies

• Collecting eggs
• Playing conkers

Language techniques

• Foreshadowing
• Alliteration - scrawny skeletal stirrings
• Onomatopoeia - spitting bullets 

Big ideas

• Everyone should have an education.
• Those who are different are treated poorly.
• Life was tough for the poor.
• Society is based on class.
• We need friends.

big ideas

• Many were persuaded to go to war.
• God won't help you.

interesting words

• Blaspheming - disrespect to God 
• Mourning - sad due to death
• Lair - wild animals' home/den
• Evict - force somebody to leave a place 
• Embellish - 

Interesting Words

• Gesticulating - hand gestures
• Pergatory - tough
• Limbo - nothing
• Dour - grumpy
• Strive - try hard

interesting words

• Discriminate - 
• Lunatic - 
• Cavalry - soldiers on horseback
• Hun - offensive term for German people
• Vouch - 

interesting words

• incessant rain - none stop
• Dutch courage - alcohol
• cower - 
• barrage of noise - loud noise
• timorous - shy

interesting words

• scythed down - 
• obliterated - 
• dishevelled - not neat
• rational decision -
• malingerer - lazy

interesting words

• demented
• futlie

CHARACTERS/Family members

• Big Joe - Oldest
• Charlie - Middle Child
• Thomas - Youngest (main character)
• Molly

Characters/family members

• The Colonel

Big joe

• Wanders off
• Disabled
• Likes singing
• Likes animals

Charlie

• He fixes things for Thomas
• Picks up the pieces for the family
• Willing to do anything for her family
• Married to Molly
• Shares his opinion without hesitation

Charlie

• Forced to go to war
• HATES Sergeant 'Horrible' Hanley with a passion
• Son named Tommo after his brother
• Sticks to Tommo no matter what

Thomas - 'Tommo'

• Loves Molly
• Best friend is Charlie
• Is NOT a coward
• Went to war underage
• Wants to prove things to himself

thomas - 'tommo'

Molly

• Married to Charlie
• Son named Tommo after Charlie's brother

Mr munnings

The colonel