Remains Flashcards

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What is the big idea regarding ‘remains’?

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  • In the first half it is him recounting his memory of war

- In the second half its him discovering PTSD

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What is significant about ‘ One of them legs it up the road’?

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It is colloquial language which most of the first half is it makes killing someone seem casual

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What is the significance of ‘ every round as it rips through his life’?

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The hard ‘r’ sound reflects the violence of the image. It brings his memory more to life through sound

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What is the significance of ‘His bloody life in my bloody hands’?

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The repetition shows the memory of death keeps returning. His courted memories of war are flooded with guilt for taking a mans life, making us sympathise with him

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Where does the Volta occur?

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‘End of story except not really’

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What is the context of ‘Remains’?

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Its a biased true story, for the perspective of a British soldier during the Iraq war

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What could you compare it to?

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War photographer - Explores internal conflict however they shoot with cameras rather than guns

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