Exposure Flashcards
Explain this quote:
“merciless iced east winds that knive us”
“Merciless”: Won’t stop
“Knive”: Harsh weather
“Iced east winds”: Freezing cold weather from the east
“Merciless iced east winds that knive us”: they are dying to the weather
Explain this quote:
“Flights of bullets streak the silence. Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”
“Bullets streak the silence”: Reminds them that they are in a war
“Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”: Higher chance to die from weather
Weather more dangerous, lied about nice weather in the war, fake propaganda
Explain this quote:
“War lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy.”
“War lasts”: The propaganda said they would be back for Christmas, they lied
“Rain soaks”: Bad weather, they lied in the propaganda
Rule of three
Pathetic fallacy: gives human feelings to inanimate objects and animals
Explain this quote:
“Is it that we are dying?”
They are confused about what is happening
It is a rhetorical question
Explain this quote:
“We turn back to our dying”
“Turn back to our dying”: said as if it is an everyday thin, too casual
“Dying”: supposed to be sad
Explain this quote:
“Innocent mice rejoice: the house is theirs”
“Innocent mice rejoice”: lied about conditions of the living space
“Mice rejoice: the house is theirs”: mice and rats, spread of disease
