Essay Questions

Show how Martin Fletcher depicts bravery in the book Breaking News.

Fletcher portrays bravery as one aspect required for the development of breaking news. When the war breaks out between the Israelites and Palestinians, Fletcher is at the forefront of recording the events as they unfold and presents them to the world. Recording the war at the front line is undoubtedly an aspect that requires bravery on the part of the reporter, and the fact that Fletcher enjoys doing this clearly brings him out as a brave individual. Also, Fletcher becomes an adventurous reporter recording and covering events that other journalists are unable or not brave enough to cover. Fletcher is, in this way, brought out as a brave individual.

The theme of war is implicit in Martin Fletcher’s Breaking News. Show how this theme is brought out in the novel.

Martin Fletcher’s fascination with war and the horrors that it entails are well presented in this work. The fact that Fletcher has Jewish family that experienced the devastating effects brought about by the Holocaust is presented as the reason behind his fascination with war. When a war breaks out between Israel and the Palestinian’s, Fletcher is at the front lines reporting the turn of events as they unfold. It is what interests him and an ingredient for breaking news. In this way, Fletcher presents the effects of war, suffering, and warfare.