Remains Flashcards
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use of juxtapostion, they dont even know the soliders there with, as this isnt how ‘comrades’ in war fight.
goes against nature of war
‘are all of the same mind’ puts emphasis on the impact of propaganda, they are all brain-washed sheep
argueably kill an innocent man, they potential enjoy the kill, highlights the uncensored behavuoir and how killings are normalised, suggests the dehumanizning effects war has
however after there actions, begin to cause negative pyhscioloigcal tolls
“Well myself and somebody else and somebody else are all of the same mind”
semantic field of peace, he has lost his peace
suffering PTSD
foreshadowing his downfall
“Blink…Sleep…Dream”
the volta, takes a turn for the worse
entranched himself into his mind
he cant get over what he saw and did
just like the control of london, lost control of his mind
“he’s here in my head when i close my eyes, dug in behind enemy lines
‘hit this looter a dozen times’ juxtaposes human nature, conveys primitve actions, lack of sympathy, highlights the desentitaztion war has mental formed in the soliders minds
a forever physciological impact.
” I see every round as it rips through his life… hit this looter a dozen times”
This circularity reflects the inescapable moral consequences of his actions, highlighting the psychological scars of war.
The harsh, blunt sound of “bloody” mirrors the speaker’s shock and self-loathing, giving the line a bitter, jarring tone.
It also shows how war reduces human life to something messy, violent, and dehumanized — the soldier no longer refers to the man by name, only through the “bloody” outcome.
“his bloody life in my bloody hands”