War Photographer Flashcards
dark room
Word Choice - literal darkroom but also suggests isolated place of pain and suffering
finally
Word Choice - suggests it is something he has been longing for
red
Word Choice - suggests the only hope (light) offers little hope. Also could suggest blood, anger
ordered rows
Word Choice - suggests the rows of bodies. Also suggests trying to buy order in chaos
spools of suffering
Sibilance - whispering in order to be respectful. Or signifies the sound of the spools turning. Transferred epithet reflects the pain captured
He has a job to do
Short Sentence - highlights the important nature of his job. He feels a sense of obligation
then … now
Contrast - emphasises that he has to stay strong when in the field, but can’t hold it back at home
running children
Word Choice - barefoot children running in grass for fun/those running from war - end of innocence and possibly life
Ordinary pain
Oxymoron - reflects that the photographer is so traumatised he cannot feel sympathy at home
heat
Word Choice - literal heat, but also the heat of conflict
A stranger’s features
Ambiguous - Literal - developing the photo. Figurative - person in pain
Something is happening
Short Sentence - presence tense - creates tension
Word Choice - Something - Vague
twist
Word Choice - connotations of twist suggests pain and suffering
stained
Word Choice - permanent scar/ruined. Photographer is forever burned by his memories
without words
Word Choice - doesn’t speak their language or they are dead
