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The two novels I am going to compare are 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' by Louis De Bernieres and 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks. In this comparison I am going to concentrate on how each author presents the theme of love in the midst of war.
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'CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN' BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES AND 'BIRDSONG' BY SEBASTIAN FAULKS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE THEMES OF LOVE IN THE MIDST OF WAR. The two novels I am going to compare are 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' by Louis De Bernieres and 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks. In this comparison I am going to concentrate on how each author presents the theme of love in the midst of war. 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' is a novel about the impact of World War Two on Greece as a country and relationships that survive, begin or fade away as it is tested to the extremity of war. The relationship between Pelagia and Corelli, begin as the circumstances of war bring them together in a situation where they should despise each other. If it was not for these circumstances, they would never have met and this love affair would not have developed into a true, long...
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