Chapter one - sorry i didn't see what ones people had done because i had to write it on paper... :)

Georgina Bray
This is an effective and powerful first chapter in the novel: Empire of the Sun. It sets the scene by strongly portraying the contrasts in Shanghai at the time of Pearl Harbour. It shows the different lives moveing from the serene boys choir to the terrors of war that they watch in the cathedral, to the chinese beggars on the streets that the english expacts see themselves so so much above. Displaying such a wide and clashing variety of lifestyles creates an unsettled feel to the novel, setting the mood for the story that is to follow. This is also demonstrated in Jim's dreams: "thinking of his unsettled dreams." This shows how the war eve effexts the children whom are arguably most protected from war on the other side of the world in thier sheltered lives.