Dear Peter, (Letter to a soldier on the Home front in the first few months of the war)

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GCSE COURSEWORK - EMPATHY

THE HOME FRONT

7th December 1914

Dear Peter,

How have you been? This War has everyone really going. The War will be over in a matter of months and our lives will back to normal. However, I am quite annoyed, just like most of my neighbours and colleagues, about the DORA. It has restricted the way we live. For example, we can no longer feed the dog. The news these days is just totally intolerable. Most of the news has to be censored, so how is one supposed to find out what is going on around the country.
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Those Germans are hated by every single Briton in this country. You should see some of the things they do. There are posters of Germans killing innocent babies and children for fun and raping women. It is just so inhuman.

Recently, they have started sending in huge airships and bombing many of the large cities, including London. This has just got to end some time soon!

My son, George, has also joined the army. My family and I are so proud of him. I feel that he will make a big difference to the war, ...

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