Silver donkey essays

The lieutenant, himself longs to cross the channel and return home to his dying younger brother but such escape is beyond the ability to organise and execute for the two girls. Their thirteen-year old brother, Pascal is invited to join their mission as he hatches a plan to return the soldier to England.

Lieutenant Shepard hides away in the forest after stealing an old man’s clothes. The girls, when finding the soldier were brave enough to confront the mysterious man and then later keep his identity. The story tells many tales and morals of bravery and confidence.

The Silver Donkey By Sonya Hartnett Overview During the First World War, sisters Marcelle and Coco, two French children, find a young English soldier in the woods. Lieutenant Shepard is temporarily blind and has walked away from a war he found too terrible to bear.

During the days of the soldier’s hidings, the three children learn the truth behind the silver donkey, and what the precious object means: honesty, loyalty and bravery. Bravery was a very important theme in the novel, The Silver Donkey, by Sonya Hartnett.