Boys of Blood and Bone --- Andy

Andy

The background:

First World War 1914–18

Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine trenchesA02022

The First World War began when Britain and Germany went to war in August 1914, and Prime Minister Andrew Fisher's government pledged full support for Britain. The outbreak of war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places, with great enthusiasm.

Australia's early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force taking possession of German New Guinea and the neighbouring islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in October 1914. In November 1914 the Royal Australian Navy made a significant contribution when HMAS Sydney destroyed the German raider SMS Emden.

On 25 April 1915 members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) landed at Gallipoli together with troops from New Zealand, Britain, and France. This began a campaign that ended with the evacuation of troops on 19 and 20 December 1915. Following Gallipoli, Australian forces fought campaigns on the Western Front and in the Middle East.

The feature of Andy:

Andy wasn’t as big as some of the others, but he looked fit and capable, and although all the others were grinning, he wasn’t ;he seemed to be looking at something distant ,or as if he was watching something the others did not see. It was a look too powerful, too piercing.

The important thing Andy has done:

1.  Joined in the army when he was drunk.

2.  Made love with Frances-Jane.

3.  Been willing to marry Frances-Jane because of she was pregnant.

4.  Fought and died for the war.

The emotion of Andy during the war:

Excited---- wondering----scared----lost control----guilty-----doesn’t know what to do----hopeless----not afraid----sensitive

The people who relate to Andy:

Darcy (friend)       Bob(friend)     Cecelia(girlfriend)    Frances-Jane(future wife, his child’s mother)                        Janine(granddaughter)

The changes of Andy:

He was a boy who gown up at first, has wonderful family and girlfriend. 

He was a boy who made mistake to join the army and made love with an unknown girl.

He was a boy who feels guilty and wondering when he gets in trouble.

He was a boy who very tough but not clever to life.

He is a man who is responsibility of family and the people who he loves.

He is a man who makes the choice by himself.

He is a man who will never be shame of what he has done and has brave to tell other the truth.

He is a man who knows what life means.