tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819136819659854551.post1504324964576892292..comments2023-08-26T09:51:54.350-04:00Comments on The Great War, a novel: Chapter 1-2Darwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819136819659854551.post-30082919065791636772017-02-18T00:45:43.323-05:002017-02-18T00:45:43.323-05:00So much that is wrenching in this section. The boy...So much that is wrenching in this section. The boys taken from their mothers and thrown together in a sort of Lord of the Flies scenario with only German soldiers to act as adult authority. Philomene's anguish as she cleans the whole night imagining all the terrible things that could happen and her helplessness to protect her son. And that final scene between Denis and Pascal. Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.com