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Frank O 'Connor's Guest Of The Nations'

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The first person I would like to discuss from the story "Guest of the Nations" by Frank O 'Conner is Belcher. Belcher was a British soldier that was captured by the Irish irregulars. He had became friends with the the men from the Irish side that were watching him, Noble and Bonaparte. He didn 't see them as the enemy even thought they were keeping him hostage, instead would play cards with them and spend time with them. He didn 't talk much and people thought he was smart enough to talk much, except they found out he does talk right before his death and can talk a lot. He doesn 't care for the war and knows that Bonaparte, Noble, Donovan and Feeney were only doing their duty when they had to kill him and Noble. "I never could make out what
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