Remains

Question 1

Remains

B I B / A H B A T T D O T B

Answer 1

But I blink / And he bursts again through the doors of the bank

Question 2

Who wrote remains?

Answer 2

Simon Armitage

Question 3

When was remains written?

Answer 3

2008

Question 4

Why did Armitage write?

Answer 4

He wanted to show the effect that war has on individuals

• soldiers guilt
• those that didn’t die in war
• conflict

Part of the NOT DEAD collection
from Iraq and Afghanistan

Question 5

What does armitage question?

Answer 5

the morality of war as it is harming possibly innocent people

Question 6

Remains

T H G B I T H B

Answer 6

Tosses his guts back into his body

Question 7

Remains

H B L I M B H

Answer 7

His bloody life in my bloody hands

Question 8

Remains

E O S, E N R

Answer 8

end of story except not really

Question 9

what three ideas in remains link to power and conflict?

Answer 9

• makes you witness graphic violence
• psychological scars that will never heal
• you will feel haunted by guilt for what you have done

Question 10

Remains

P A P N

Answer 10

probably armed, possibly not

Question 11

Remains

I S I S E R A T R T H L

Answer 11

I swear I see every round as they rip through his life

Question 12

Who was Remains based on?

Answer 12

Guardsman Tromans

Question 13

Remains

D I B E L

Answer 13

Dug in behind enemy lines