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Jamalbajwa123 Posted 19 years ago
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00The story “Guests of the Nation” by Frank O’Connor depicts the difficulties faced by soldiers, English and Irish, in the middle of a war. The story starts with two English prisoners, Hawkins and Belcher, captured by a small group of Irish rebels. During captivity, the prisoners and the Irish soldiers live together as if they are not part of the war. 01u00They were all staying in a house owned by an old woman. The narrator, Bonaparte, and his comrade, Noble become good friends with the two English prisoners. Jeremiah Donavan, the third Irish man, stays away from their company and seriously performs his duty02u00. The story moves towards action when, on a particular evening, Donavan tells Bonaparte that the Englishmen are not just prisoners but hostages, and that they would be executed if the English harmed the Irish prisoners. 01u00For Bonaparte, this news was worse than a shock because by then he had developed affection with his English friends. The story reaches its climax when the English executes their Irish prisoners. In response, Donovan orders his comrades to prepare Hawkins and Belcher for execution. At that moment, many arguments take place between allegiances to once country or friendship. The falling action takes place with the execution of Hawkins and Belcher. In the end, Bonaparte and Noble consider this execution against their humanity and friendship.02u0-
  

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The story “Guests of the Nation” , by Frank O’Connor , depicts the difficulties faced by soldiers, English and Irish, in the middle of a war. The story starts with two English prisoners, Hawkins and Belcher, captured by a small group of Irish rebels. During captivity, the prisoners and the Irish soldiers live together as if they were not part of the war.

  • The story “Guests of the Nation” , by Frank O’Connor , depicts the difficulties faced by soldiers, English and Irish, in the middle of a war.
  • The story starts with two English prisoners, Hawkins and Belcher, captured by a small group of Irish rebels.
  • During captivity, the prisoners and the Irish soldiers live together as if they were not part of the war.
  • They are all staying in a house owned by an old woman.
  • The narrator, Bonaparte, and his comrade, Noble , become good friends with the two English prisoners.
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The story “Guests of the Nation”, by Frank O’Connor, depicts the difficulties faced by soldiers, English and Irish, in the middle of a war. The story starts with two English prisoners, Hawkins and Belcher, captured by a small group of Irish rebels. During captivity, the prisoners and the Irish soldiers live together as if they were not part of the war. They are all

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