The Silver Donkey

Strengths
Pg 97. The whole chapter ‘The Front.’ The soldier really wanted to get home, and he put himself in danger when we walked away from the war because in the war it was important for the freedom of his country and family to win against the German Invaders.
Monsieur Shepherd was a brave man because he could have been killed or shot in the war
Pg 31. ‘The soldier, though chilled to the marrow, lost and blind, grinned into the trees.’ He was brave when he first met the girls because he was alone, lost and frightened in the forest, in a foreign country. He did not try to kill the girls or harm them in anyway because he needed some help.
Pg 31. ‘The soldier did not want to think about a sea that was too wide to swim.’ The soldier was very brave because he knew that the Channel was very wide and he could not swim it. Whatever it cost, he wanted to get home to see his younger brother John.
Pg 96. ‘”Whatever you think is best, Pascal.” Said the soldier quietly.’ This is strength because he knows that one more person could tell another person and then, he might be sent back to the war. He was very brave when he said this because he might be sent back to the war, and he may not ever see his brother, John again.
Weaknesses
The soldier should have stayed at war because there are men, women and children that need the war to be won. Or else the opposition will take over the country and kill all of the people. The more fighters that were there – at war – the better it would be because, all the people would not die.
Pg 23. ‘This time, though, he hadn’t asked permission to return home. This time he had simply turned and started walking, one foot in front of the other.’ This shows that the soldier is a coward because he cared more about his brother than the war and the rest of his country.
The weakness of the soldier on pages 35 and 36 are that he took on the responsibility of going to the war. He was happy when he was warm, well-fed and comfortable, but, he left when it became cold, lonely and uncomfortable. He took on the responsibility of going to war and he had made a bad decision for going AWOL.
Pg 68. ‘The rain doesn’t bother me,’ the soldier assured them. He had been soaked to the skin, many times in the war. He had spent months sloshing through quaggy trenches. ‘I’m use to it.’ This is a weakness because he should have been at the war because he had been there for a long time and he should have stayed there.
Pg 95. ‘Pascal says to him, ‘I might have to someone else that you are here.’ The soldier nodded though he felt his heart sink, he heard his bitful freedom fall apart... Someone would realise that the soldier’s eyes weren’t actually blind, but simply tired of seeing.’ This weakness in this point that he hates the war so much that he would do many things to ensure that he does not go back.