Remains

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Written for ‘the not Dead’ Channel 4
raise awareness of PTSD
2007
based on guardsman tromans- changing public opinion of war after Iraq

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

dramatic monlogue - like therapy of consiousness

Question 3

Key Ideas

Answer 3

Raises awareness of PTSD by presenting the impact on a soldier outside war
conflict is brought home with them internally/physciologically

Question 4

Key Quote 1

Answer 4

On another occasion we get sent out..possibly armed, possible not

Question 5

Key Quote 1 Analysis

Answer 5

on another occasion - highlights the frequency but this is even more nearly - In media res
we get sent out - control and manipulation, they remove the responsibility- dehumanise
possibly armed possibly not - uncertainty, intrusion of thought away from the anecdote, cant remember the event

Question 6

Key Quote 2

Answer 6

Well myself and somebody else and somebody else

Question 7

Key Quote 2 Analysis

Answer 7

deliberately vague
somebody else - not mentioning the names to show no intrest in who was with him
shares the guilt

Question 8

Key Quote 3

Answer 8

I see every round as it rips through his life

Question 9

Key Quote 3 Analysis

Answer 9

I see- card game reference- poker he is the only one who can see.
every - pace - time slows down
rips through his life - metaphor - shows his aggression to death