during the German occupation of France during the second world war. It starts of in

a German prison with the narrator talking about the prisoners singling out two

specific characters, the Mayor of Bourge and Pierre an engine driver. Through a

situation concerning these two we are introduced to the main character, Jean-Louis

Chavel who changes his last name to Charlot. The narrator goes on to describe who

the prisoner can here executions ever night. One night a German was killed so for

punishment three prisoners were to be killed from each shed. To be fair the cell

where the story starts the men drew marked paper from a shoe. Chavel drew the

last marked slip which condemned him to death and went into histeria. In his histeria

he offered to give every thing he owned to someone if they died for him. A man

named Janvier, thinking of his sister and mother, spoke up and took his offer. After

the agreement Janvier dr

he died he made sure that Therese would receive no trouble about the property and

are promised a better life once we get there. I don't know if would try and save

2. This is still an area of controversy today. In all the wars we have fought since

since he gave every thing he had away. Charlot then returned to his old home where

Germans during the occupation. vividly he explains the whole story pretty well and

proving that the impostor was infact an impostor Charlot was shot and killed. Before

they are willing they usually would do it for the wrong reasons. For example in the

One moral issue in this book was the willingness to give up your life for another and

they were scared and wouldn't stand up for what they believed in. In today's society,

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Approximate Word count = 4023
Approximate Pages = 16 (250 words per page double spaced)