I Won T Talk Charlie Monologue

“We won't talk of Big Joe or Mother or Moll," Charlie says, "because I'll cry if I do, and I promised myself I wouldn't." He leans forward suddenly in great earnest, clutching my hand. "Talking of promises, that promise you made me back in the dugout, Tommo. You won't forget it, will you? You will look after them?" "I promise," I tell him, and I've never meant anything so much in all my life. "You've still got the watch then," he says, pulling back my sleeve. "Keep it ticking for me, and then when the time comes, give it to Little Tommo, so he'll have something from me. I'd like that. You'll make him a good father, like Father was to us." It is the moment. I have to do it now. It is my last chance. I tell him about how Father had died, about how it had happened, what I had done, how I should have told him years ago, but had never dared to. He smiles. "I always knew that, Tommo. So did Mother. You'd talk in your sleep. Always having nightmares, always keeping me awake
It also reveals that for a long time Tommo has been haunted by the thought that he supposedly killed his father and wants to tell the truth about it. Even though Charlie knows the truth he still reassures him that it wasn’t his fault and listens to him. I also chose this because they are singing the song that their older brother Big Joe sings, which stands for a symbol of hope.

I honestly think that this book is worth reading. I started out thinking I wouldn’t like it since I usually wouldn’t go for a War or historical fiction type of book. The first 8 chapters of this book actually weren’t about the war itself, it had more to do about Tomm’s family and the life they were living. This book was a great representation of what the war was actually like for families, before and after it took