War Photographer Flashcards
Structure
ABBCBB rhyme
Could reflect the photographer futile attempt to establish order in a chaotic and distressing situation
Dramatic monologue
Allows readers to get an ins light into Yh first hand experience of the photgrapher
Themes
Horror of war
People’s increasing indifference to the victims of conflict
Quote 1
Running children in the nightmare heat
Designed to make the reader understand the understand the intensity of the suffer caused by the war
Refers to children to remind readers of the innocent lives taken and affected by war
Quote 2
All flesh is grass
Gruesome imagery
Points out the scale of bloodshed
Biblical line meaning human life is temporary
Quote 3
The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers
Shows the comfort of those at home who are not directly affected by war
Shows the insignificance the war impacts the people who don’t have to face it head on