Private peaceful

life in 1914-1918

• No technology 
• Society based on class 
• Schooling was strict 
• Society was religious
• People work 6 days a week

games and hobbies

• Collecting eggs
• Playing conkers

language techniques

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

interesting  words

• Mourning
• Lair
• Blaspheming
• Evict
• Dour

interesting words

• Hubbub
• Dispersed
• Embellish
• Limbo
• Pergatory

interesting words

• Strive
• Scrumping
• Cavalry
• Befuddled
• Violating

interesting words

• Unison
• Scythed
• Obliterated
• Gregarious
• Timorous

interesting words

• Incessant
• Dutch Courage
• Barrage
• Dishevelled
• Demented

interesting words

• Futile

family members

• Dad-James
• Mum-
• Big Joe
• Charlie
• Thomas

big joe

• Likes singing Oranges and Lemons
• Has a disability
• Wanders off
• Afraid of the dark
• Never gets angry

Big joe

• Disabled
• He believes that the top of the church is heaven
• He makes up words
• Gets emontional 

charlie

• Brave
• Caring
• Loves Molly
• A good liar
• Will do anything for his family

Charlie

• Going to be shot at 6 am
• Wouldn't leave Tommo alone
• Willing to take a risk

thomas

• Big secret 
• Likes Molly
• Hates beer
• Likes Anna
• Survived a bomb

thomas

• A lot of bad memories-dad dying

molly

• In love with Charlie
• Witnessed Bertha's death
• Is having a baby with Charlie
• Got married with Charlie

mr munnings

• Principal
• Grumpy all the time

the colonel

• Get paper iron
• Bossy
• Owns the Peaceful's house
• Grumpy
• Shot Bertha

society based on class

• Poor and rich separated
• Poor treated unfairly

big ideas

• Everyone should have an education
• Rich people treat poor people unfairly
• Life is tough for the poor

big ideas