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Mother fierce takes place in Virelogne during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The narrator retells the reputation behind the ruins of a thatched cottage. At 33 years of age, Mother boisterouss word of honor volunteered in the state of war (on the French side), leaving his mother alone. Mother Savage lived alone in her cottage until the Prussians came one day. Since she was hunch forwardn to have money, she had to take four of them. They seemed to be good boys. Since they saw Mother Savage was an elder lady, they showed consideration toward her and helped with as much as they could. She fed them and treated them well even though they were the enemy and her own son was fighting against them. One day she asked them if they know where the French regiment was, since her son was in the 23rd of the line. The Prussians said they knew nil.      by and by one month of living with those four soldiers, Mother Savage veritable a letter. In this letter she was inform ed of her son superordinates end in detail. She did not shed a tear at first. She was too stunned by the news. Bloody images of her Victors death ran through her mind. Never again would she be able to kiss her merely child. Victors life had been taken away similar to his arrive who was killed by the police. Shortly after reading the letter, the Prussians came home and she greeted them as if nothing had happened. In her mind, she had already planned a way to get retaliation on the Prussians for her sons death. She set her own cottage on fire after the four Prussians fell asleep. When the police came, Mother Savage told them exactly what had happened. Then, she handed the German police a piece of constitution with the four Prussians names and addresses so that they could contact their families about what happened. Mother Savage did not regret what she did. The German police went a clearance and killed her on the spot.      In Mother Savage we can see violence throughout the bosh. early of all, it takes place during the Franco-Prussian War. Violence is very significant in this story, not alone because of the war, exactly since it is used as retaliation for the death of a love one. Mother Savage received a heart-breaking letter informing her of Victors death          Maddam SavageThis letter has a sad story to tell you. Your boy Victor was killed yesterday ... ...e turning point of the story of Mother Savage. She understood that the four soldiers she had living in her cottage were enemies, but she had absolutely no problem. She liked them well enough, too, those four enemies of hers for country bulk do not as a rule feel flag-waving(prenominal) hatred-those feelings are reserved for the upper classes (page 66). After receiving the letter informing her sons death, Mother Savage could only think of how tragic the stroke was at the time her son was brutally killed by Prussian soldiers during bo ut          The police had killed his father, and now the Prussians had killed her sonhe had                been cut in dickens by a cannonball. And it seemed to her she could see it all, the whole                horrible thing his head falling with his eyes wide open, his teeth still gnawing the                corners of his thick moustache the way he used to be when he was angry. (page 67)