Book Review
The Silver Sword is about the difficulties of surviving through World War 2. The children take care of each other and work as a team and because of that, they are able to survive. This book will absolutely get you hooked. Serraillier uses things such as comic relief, literary techniques etc... The book will get u imagining whats happening, and it'll make you feel what the characters feeling. This book gets me interested and wanting to know more about WW2. I enjoyed this book because of the comic relief that Serraillier uses. The whole story is sad so far, however they then meet a chimpanzee and that gives u a sense of relief towards them and makes ur mood change, which is a good thing. This is good because, Serrailler's story has been sad the whole way through and if it keeps on continuing being sad, then the reader (us) will not want to read it and put the book down. I also loved how Serraillier included Literary techniques during the story. He used things, such as personification, metaphors, similies and imagery.Serrailliers use of the techniques really improved the story. The themes in this book are: cooperation, determination, love, faith, hope and courage. The characters in the book go well with each other because Ruth, Bronia and Edek are related and know eachother and what eachother's like. Jan is also very relatable because he is someone going through a tough time and lost his parents, so people can relate. Ruth and Jan also work well together because Jan listens to Ruths and acts as if Ruth's his mother; because she is motherly. If you like something about WW2, or perhaps a family book or u just want an excited book; this is definitely the book to get. |
Author
Ian Serraillier was born on September 24 1912 and he died on 28 November, 1994. Ian Serraillier was a poet and a novelist. He mostly retold legends from Rome, Greece and England. He was best known for the Silver Sword. Serraillier had four siblings, however it was tragic because his father had died during 1918 due to the flu. Serraillier was educated at Brighton College and then at St Edmunds Hall, Oxford. After he finished his education, he went on to became a teacher, then a writer. |