Bullets & Sweets, Manfred Zylla

Question 1

Subject matter of diptych

Answer 1

Right
Brawny soldier with half smile on face
Row of bullets emerge from crotch

Left

Not shooting bullets but sweets which lie at feel of small grp of township children

Question 2

Juxtaposition of diptych

Answer 2

Children on left are terrified by ominous presence of soldier & ignore sweets.
Shield themselves and run away
Soldier shows detachment as he performs duties

Question 3

Style

Answer 3

Naturalistic depiction of figures with distorted viewpoint seen in figure of soldier

Question 4

Space

Answer 4

Top frame has sweets which form frame
Row of vehicles at top right

Question 5

Link of diptych

Answer 5

Diptych implies that soldier abd children come from 2 different workds are linked by sad reality of gun

Question 6

Effect

Answer 6

Overwhelming effect similar to newspaper photograph enforcer bybuse of text5

Question 7

Meaning

Answer 7

Zylla critics apartheid by showing atrocities that people experienced living under effects of Apartheid

Question 8

Diptych effective why?

Answer 8

Refers to SA Defense force desire to be loved by township kids in spite of monstrous behavior towards them