IMPORTANT / KEY FACTS SUMMARY
Title - Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
First Published - 1964
Type of Novel - historical fiction
Setting - the Creighton farm in southern Illinois
Protagonist - Jethro Creighton
Antagonist - the American Civil War
Conflict - Jethro Creighton struggles with the responsibilities of manhood thrust upon him by the uncertainties of war.
Themes - bond of family; varying perceptions of the war; power of the Presidency; importance of justice and forgiveness
Mood - gravity, melancholy, determination
Point of View - anonymous third person chronicling the war and its effects on the life of Jethro Creighton
Symbolism - coffee symbolizes adulthood; the Bible ledger symbolizes joy, sorrow and the acceptance of fate
Motif - seeing both sides of each issue
Dialect - used to set the rural scene and demonstrate levels of ignorance
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