Kamikaze and Poppies Flashcards
Topic of
Conflict
Paragraph 1
Strong imagery highlight different responses to effect on conflict
P1 Kamikaze
“Green blue translucent”
“Green blue translucent”
Kamikaze
Semantics field of colour to remind pilot he is alive
P1 kamikaze 2
“As though he never returned”
“As though he never returned”
Kamikaze
Silence and lack of senses
P1 poppies
“Released a song bird from its cage”
Metaphor
“Songbird”
Poppies
Mothers emotions she let out after child left
Paragraph 2
Strong language consider emotions in conflict
P2 Kamikaze
“Her father embarked at sunrise”
“Her father embarked at sunrise”
Kamikaze
Positivity of father getting ready to go into battle
P2 poppies
“Play at eskimos like we did when you were little”
“Play at eskimos like we did when you were little”
Poppies
Speaker is longing for her son to be a child
Wants to protect him
Paragraph 3
Effects of conflict on family members
P1 kamikaze enjambent
“Till gradually we too learned to be silent, to live as though he never returned”
