‘Malouf is concerned to portray the transformation of innocence into experience, but in the process to maintain integrity. His mood is optimistic rather than despairing.’ To what extend do you agree? Fly Away Peter is a novel written by David Malouf. It is set in the period of world war one with the first half in rural Queensland and the second in the war in France. The author describes a journey from innocence to experience …showed first 75 words of 1839 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1839 total…the horrors that people are forced to endure. Instead of focusing on the torture of war, common the most World War One books, Malouf shows us the whole effect on people. It draws conclusions about the meaning of life emphasizes that there is always a future and that life will go on. “It was new. So many things were new. Everything changed. The past would not hold and could not be held’ p133. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**