Topic > Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein - 713

CHARACTERS -The main character in most of the book is "Verity", or Julie. It's actually telling Maddie's story, although her presence still seems to be the main focus of the whole story. Halfway through the book, however, we switch to Maddie, or “Kittyhawk,”'s point of view. With both girls, you can see the changes in them. They both develop greatly and you can see it through them just by looking at what they are afraid of. It is mentioned once in the story that Julie once said that she was afraid of getting old, and then says later that she could take her words back: now she is afraid of never getting old. “But above all so, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old” (114). With Maddie, you can see her change just as her lust for life grows as she is trapped undercover for many months without being able to see home, her best friend, or even just anyone she feels comfortable with. IDEAS - All t the beginning of the book, the main idea is actually that "Verity", or Julie, and her friend have crash-landed in Nazi-infested France. Although Julie believes her friend is dead, she has been captured by the Gestapo and is being interrogated. He makes a deal with one of the chief officials there to write a full confession and explanation about a list of things in England. “I'll give you everything I can remember. Absolutely every little detail. (3). At first, it's just Julie writing the confession and just trying to tell her story and accomplish what she needs to live longer. As the plot progresses, however, it begins to focus more on Julie struggling to have more time to finish the story she wrote, and is no longer so concerned about completing the list .MEANI...... middle of paper .. .... being driven out of her mind, so writing is one of the only things she can do to keep herself occupied. “I know I shouldn't write, but I have to do something. He writes about everything he's experiencing, and while he occasionally looks back at the past, he's usually in the present. This is also written from the first person point of view. ORDER -The author of "Code Name Verity" has put the writing in order so that while you may also know what happened before the story, you also know the events in the present . The author also writes it so that you ultimately understand how everything is going. The author probably wrote it this way to stay true to the story, as the story is actually what Julie is writing as a confession for the Gestapo. Or, in the second part, it's what Maddie writes to keep from going crazy.