War Photographer Flashcards
Theme
Isolation, death
Character
Detached, isolated
Interesting techniques
Use of contrast
Finally alone
Photographer is in a room alone.
Wrd choice of FINALLY tells he’s longed to be alone - theme of isolation
Spools of suffering
Metaphore: pain and distress
The only light is red and it softly glows
Red symbolises danger
Softly con notates gentleness - this comforts him
As though this were a church and he a priest
Simile comparing job of war photographer and a priest
All flesh is grass
Allusion to bible meaning all life will end
Rural England
Rural: countryside
The areas he live in is peaceful
Minor sentence shows contrast between the war zone
A strangers features faintly start to twist
Stranger: photographers detachment
Twist: photo is not developed
Half formed ghost: metaphors
The cries of the mans wife
Onomatopoeia
People get left behind
Blood stained into foreign dust
People in developed parts of the world can’t connect but it makes an impact
100 agonies in black and white from which his editor will pick 5/6 for Sunday’s supplement
Agonies: suffering
100: scale
Supplement: not main news
The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers
Prick with tears: tells us they are only slightly affected by the photos and their sadness is soon forgotten as they go on with daily life
Impassively
Lack of emotion
