The title “all is fair in love and war” is an English idiom
This short story is told in the third person (derdepersoon verteller)
All is fair in love and war is a humorous and liefdesverhaal
More about the short story:
Edwill is in love with Helena and he wants to win her heart
Edwill makes friends with Waldemar in order to get closer to Helena
Lita (Edwill’s sister) helps edwill to come up with a strategy to win Helena’s heart
Waldemar who is Helena’s boyfriend is very strong because he is a rugby player
Edwill writes a letter for Helena but Waldemar finds it and uses it as if it where his own
Helena is also known as “Helena van Tjoje”
Since Lita knows Helena so much, she wants to hop in and give Edwill advice
Lita’s strategy will work because she is very smart (in the actual story it will not work)
Edwill is so in love with Helena that he is willing to do anything just to be closer to Helena
At some point in the story Edwill feels bad for using Waldemar to get closer to Helena.
The story (In English) Not 100% accurate
All is fair in love and war
Jan van Tonder
When he first saw Helena, Edwill be-
he's going to do everything he can to win her heart.
And when he figured out who her guy was, he did-
know he doesn't have a chance.
"It feels like I already lost before kick-off," he said.
Edwill complained despondently to his sister.
Lita looked at him sympathetically. "Who's the girl?"
"Helena."
"Helena Greeff? Hell, little brother, that's Waldemar's girl!
You don't have a cat's chance!'
Cat's chance or not, Edwill was in love and she was in love-
, ness didn't want to blow over. Every time he visited Helena at the
school saw, it seemed to him that his IQ with a mark or
dropped two so that even Afrikaans and English for him
mocilik became and mathematics goose impossible. Each
brain cell in his head only knew Helena's name.
He developed an intense interest in netball
and went to watch every game Helena played in.
And he faithfully sat down next to the rugby field as Valdemar
play, because Helena would be there to watch her
attractive, fresh guy drive pressure and sons of others
schools' ribs break.
In the class, the Afrikaans teacher gave them one-
day of the fair Helen of Troy told and of the
wooden horse in which soldiers were hidden so that they the
could enter the city unnoticed. And then and there Edwill did
got a plan: He would make friends with Waldemar.
Waldemar takes his new pal, Edwill, inside
Helena-their house, where Edwill at his leisure information
can collect to report to his sister. Lita did
undertook to help him develop a strategy
which at least could give him more than a cat's chance at the
beautiful Helena
"Tell," said Lita.
Edwill shrugged. "There's not really anything yet
This short story is told in the third person (derdepersoon verteller)
All is fair in love and war is a humorous and liefdesverhaal
More about the short story:
Edwill is in love with Helena and he wants to win her heart
Edwill makes friends with Waldemar in order to get closer to Helena
Lita (Edwill’s sister) helps edwill to come up with a strategy to win Helena’s heart
Waldemar who is Helena’s boyfriend is very strong because he is a rugby player
Edwill writes a letter for Helena but Waldemar finds it and uses it as if it where his own
Helena is also known as “Helena van Tjoje”
Since Lita knows Helena so much, she wants to hop in and give Edwill advice
Lita’s strategy will work because she is very smart (in the actual story it will not work)
Edwill is so in love with Helena that he is willing to do anything just to be closer to Helena
At some point in the story Edwill feels bad for using Waldemar to get closer to Helena.
The story (In English) Not 100% accurate
All is fair in love and war
Jan van Tonder
When he first saw Helena, Edwill be-
he's going to do everything he can to win her heart.
And when he figured out who her guy was, he did-
know he doesn't have a chance.
"It feels like I already lost before kick-off," he said.
Edwill complained despondently to his sister.
Lita looked at him sympathetically. "Who's the girl?"
"Helena."
"Helena Greeff? Hell, little brother, that's Waldemar's girl!
You don't have a cat's chance!'
Cat's chance or not, Edwill was in love and she was in love-
, ness didn't want to blow over. Every time he visited Helena at the
school saw, it seemed to him that his IQ with a mark or
dropped two so that even Afrikaans and English for him
mocilik became and mathematics goose impossible. Each
brain cell in his head only knew Helena's name.
He developed an intense interest in netball
and went to watch every game Helena played in.
And he faithfully sat down next to the rugby field as Valdemar
play, because Helena would be there to watch her
attractive, fresh guy drive pressure and sons of others
schools' ribs break.
In the class, the Afrikaans teacher gave them one-
day of the fair Helen of Troy told and of the
wooden horse in which soldiers were hidden so that they the
could enter the city unnoticed. And then and there Edwill did
got a plan: He would make friends with Waldemar.
Waldemar takes his new pal, Edwill, inside
Helena-their house, where Edwill at his leisure information
can collect to report to his sister. Lita did
undertook to help him develop a strategy
which at least could give him more than a cat's chance at the
beautiful Helena
"Tell," said Lita.
Edwill shrugged. "There's not really anything yet
