Remains Flashcards
How does remains start?
Dramatic monologue,
‘tackle looters raiding a bank’
colloquial language, regular occurance, dehumanised to avoid the guilt
‘tackle’ football, childlike, softens hardship of reality
‘legs it up the road’
running (slang)
like to a bar or pub
colloquial expression, inappropriate situation, lacks vocabulary to describe distress
‘probably armed, possibly not’
softens hardsip of reality
unsure of innocence
‘back of a lorry’
comparison of soilders heightened awareness of how his life wont be the same
dehumanises looters as rubbish
doesn’t want to face the truth
‘im home on leave. But i blink’
cant stop reliving moment even in comfort of home
‘he bursts again’
sudden, violence, plosive, PTSD
‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’
finds it difficult to differentiate between himself and the looter
blood on hands after murder
PTSD
‘enemy lines’
semantic field
metaphor for clogged memories
who’s the real enemy?
