Essay topic: Fly Away Peter is simply an anti-war novel. Do you agree?

In Fly Away Peter, David Malouf induces feelings of sorrow and grief to the reader by portraying the First World War in a negative light, thus underpinning the fact that it is an anti-war novel. However, themes such as companionship and nature are also present throughout the novel relieving it from the title of being simply and anti-war novel. Throughout the novel, David Malouf manipulates his language in the novel to communicate anti-war emotions to the reader, while also using graphic imagery to portray the further evoke the emotion. As well as communicating strong anti-war feelings, Malouf incorporates other minor themes in Fly Away Peter such as companionship and nature, thus alleviating the novel of being simply an anti-war novel.

David Malouf effectively conveys his feelings towards war through well chosen and carefully manipulated language while also describing the effect that the war has on everyone. Thorough the novel Malouf uses graphic language to portray imagery of p...