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| Plot Summary of Flanders |
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"The poppies may be growing in far-off Flanders fields, but it is not the flowers that this
book wants us to remember. Young Texan Travis Lee Stanhope has volunteered for
combat duty with the Brits in the spring of 1916. He qualifies as a sharpshooter and is
assigned to the trenches in Flanders. Poetry reading and reciting Travis has many lessons
to learn here in that “war to end all wars.” In Patricia Anthony's “Flanders,” the author is
quick to illustrate that, indeed, war is hell through a series of compelling letters between
Travis and his younger brother Bobby, still in Texas. Travis Lee's idealism is quickly
shattered as the full impact of the trenches confront him: the killing, the mud and rain, the
hopelessness (and senselessness), the insanity of such an endeavor takes its horrifying toll.
While the narrative is played out through these letters, don't be mislead. This is a
powerfully written story that never bogs down, no matter how rain-soaked (and sometimes
tear-soaked) the setting becomes. Paralleling the tragedy of the Great War, Anthony's
book illustrates a true rite of passage, one that most readers would prefer to do without.
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Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Life of a profession:
- soldier
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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