by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
In this drama, seven teenage prep-school students become young men as they face the realities of WWII. Much of the tale centers on two roommates who are exceptionally close. When one feels betrayed by the other, he acts out of anger and ultimately causes the other to become a cripple.
characteristics
- Boarding School Life
- Private-school
- Operation
- Relations
- Graduation
- Soldier
- War
- Teen
- Graduate
- School
- Dying
- Coming-of-age
- Boy
- Betrayal
- Dead