Manhunt

Question 1

poet

Answer 1

Simon Armitage

Question 2

date

Answer 2

2007

Question 3

3 quotes

Answer 3

• the frozen river which ran through his face
• the damaged porcelain collar bone
• “every nerve in his body has tightened and closed” “then and only then did i come close”

Question 4

context

Answer 4

• written over a decade after so more removed and able to talk about PTSD
• Eddie and Laura Beddoes
• bosnian peacekeeping missions
• written after an interview with some war veterens

Question 5

intro

Answer 5

• wanted to explore the psychological impact on those who survived
• title has deliberate military overtones
• each couplet introduces a different injury so that the reader can go on the journey with them

Question 6

first topic sentence

Answer 6

uses physical scars as a symbol of the emotional trauma of war

Question 7

second topic sentence

Answer 7

emasculation as a consequence of war

Question 8

third topic sentence

Answer 8

war = a violation of body/human rights/mind