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Overall Book Information
Author: Michael Morpurgo Country: United Kingdom Language: English Genre:
war book Publisher: Kaye and ward

Publication date: 1982

Author
Michael Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and
librettist who is known best for his novel War Horse
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Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Nationality: British
Spouse: Clare Morpurgo
Children: Rosalind, Sebastian, and Horatio Morpurgo
he has many books but most known for
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My Friend Walter, The
War of Jenkins' Ear, Mr Nobody's Eyes, King of the Cloud Forests, The Wreck of
the Zanzibar, Escape from Shangri-La, Why the Whales Came, War Horse,
Kensuke's Kingdom

Plot
In World War I over ten million humans, mainly young men, died
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And it's this terrifying
period of world history that forms the backdrop for War Horse
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One day, a man
named Ted Narracott buys a young horse
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While with the Narracotts with albert, Joey also
meets a horse the family owns named Zoey, who was a source of comfort
to Joey, and whose name partially inspired his
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Albert tries to sign up for the army, but he is too young and promises
to come back for Joey
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Character
Welcome to the world, Joey
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Joey is taken away from his
mother on the first page and sold to a scary man on a farm
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Also the man has a son, Albert, who is his father 's
total opposite, he?s kind, caring, and compassionate
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Joey is very possessive and protective of
Albert, even calling him "My Albert" in the book a few times
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Setting
Physical: Set in 1914 in world war 1 starting on a little family farm then
leading up to life in the army and on the battlefield
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There are also several uses of
hell and the Lord's name is taken in vain including several minor
exclamations of the devil and implying that (subject of topic) is Satan
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Think about it, humans and animals have been bonding since the
beginning of time
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The fact that these relationships exist and thrive amidst the
constant trauma of war emphasizes even more the power of the
friendship
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?My Albert? is Joey Addressing Albert as
?his? property
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This starts off the story with the beautiful
friendship that carries throughout the book, and warms the hearts of
every reader
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Personal reaction
I can?t actually give away my favorite part of the book because that would
ruin it
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the emotion in the book and the way it was written was absolutely
moving
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I would
recommend this book and love it to bits
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Also it is very well written and you actually
feel like you're in the book, like you're one of the characters
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its an interesting topic and very relevant considering it's
based on true events

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