War Photographer

Question 1

Key theme/surface meaning?

Answer 1

looks at conflict in the sense that he has taken photos of war and fighting. Emphasise on how out of touch people are about the truth of war, how it’s more business or bit of gossip rather than life changing and destructive.

Question 2

Deeper meaning?

Answer 2

war is far removed from people, making it insignificant

Question 3

Quote 1 and explanation?

Answer 3

‘with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers’ -juxtaposes tears with very comfortable images of bath and pre lunch beers, can be read angrily, their tears are meaningless and this is a small pause in their life, not of worth to them.

Question 4

Quote 2 and explanation?

Answer 4

‘Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows’ - sibilant eve, emphasises the dark nature of the photos and their content.ordered is ironic because was is chaotic

Question 5

Quote 3 and explanation?

Answer 5

‘They do not care’ - collective pronoun creates an accusation like tone, finalise emphasise his resentment, removed

Question 6

What does the structure show?

Answer 6

The regular structure can represent the order he is giving to the chaos in his photos, perhaps also the almost mechanical process he’s going through and putting that distance between himself and the context.