Themes in Birdsong

Themes in Birdsong

-          War and death. (blue)

-          Love. (pink)

-          Remembering the lost, memory and forgetting and loss. (blue)

-          Peace. (pink)

-          Violence. (blue)

-          Humanity. (blue)

-          Role of women. (pink)

Love

Elizabeth, Robert and baby. (Part 7)

Stephen and Isabelle - ‘his confused feelings towards her, it was a pulse’ (Page 22)

‘Stephen wrapped his arms round him and held him, “it’s all right Michael”. (Page 240)

 Jack and his son John – ‘ I was jealous of him, I wanted him to love…