The novel The Forty-Third War takes place in a country in Central America. I know this because the language that is spoken in the novel is Spanish.(Moeri 36) To be more specific, the novel takes place in Guatemala. I know this because Guatemala contains many tropical areas, and part of the novel takes place in a tropical jungle. Plus, there are a few volcanoes in Guatemala, and the novel shows that there are volcanoes there too.(Guatemala) Lastly, the story of Joaquin in the novel shows that he traveled through Mexico, and on the way back, he stopped at Stockton, a city in California. (Stockton) For all of this to be true, the novel has to take place in Guatemala.
Louise Moeri does not tell the reader about where the novel takes place because child soldiers are all over the world.
"Guatemala." The CIA World Factbook. 24 Jan. 2008. 28 Jan. 2008 .
Moeri, Louise. The Forty-Third War (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
"Stockton, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Main Page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 28 Jan. 2008.
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Forty-Third War-- By Louise Moeri
Posted by zain at 9:58 PM
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A good response, but there are some parts I do not agree with. First off all, I have no idea who Joaquin is. Also, the author talked about only one volcano, not many, Volcano Atlactl. You could have tried researching that name... and you would have found that the novel might have taken place somewhere else.
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