Private Peaceful Quotes

"He could've made a clean run for it and got away for it. But Charlie's not like that."

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"Now I know for sure I will love her till the day I die"

Alliteration, emotive language

"We believed we were in some kind of rehearsal, actors in costume"

Dramatic irony, metaphor

" I am so proud of him for that. I have the bravest brother in the world"

Emotive language, alliteration ("bravest brother")

"I have killed my own father."

Hyperbole

"Anyway I'll look after you [...] that I do believe because he always has."

Hyperbole ("always has")

"He sees the tears in my eyes and knows how it is. Charlie always knows how it is."

Hyperbole ("always knows") repetition

"It's deadly tendrils are searching ahead, feeling their way forward in long, yellow wisps, scenting me, searching for me."

Imagery, personification

"All over the camp I see them standing to attention outside their tents. And the birds are singing."

Motif ("birds")

"But nothing moves out there in no-man's land but the crows. It is a dead-mans land."

Motif (crows) repetition ("man's land")

"He is not stumbling. He is not struggling. He is not crying out. He is walking with his head held high."

Repetition

"They say we'll always be together, the three of us, for ever and ever."

Repetition

" 'All hell's loose out there' he says 'we're going down like flies' "

Simile

"From that moment on Molly became one of us. It was as if she had suddenly joined out family and become our sister."

Simile

"I sang it to myself under my breath as we marched away. 'what a friend I have in Charlie' "

Symbolism

"They always ran faster than I did. I seem to have spent much of my life watching them race ahead of me."

Tone (longing) Hyperbole ("always") Empathetic words ("always")

"I turned and saw them walking away from me through the water meadows holding hands. As I watched them, I felt a sudden ache in my heart."

Tone (longing) Symbolism (joined hands) metaphor ("ache in my heart")

" It was because I couldn't bear the thought of being without him. We'd lived our lives always together, sharing everything. Even our love for Molly."

Tone (meditative and thoughtful) Empathetic words ("always", "together" and "sharing")