War Photographer And Remains Flashcards
Theme of
Conflict
Paragraph 1
Alliterative effects creating a sense of panic highlighting violence
War photographer
“Spoils of suffering set out in ordered rows”
Sibilance and metaphor
“Spoils of suffering set out in ordered rows”
Sibilance and metaphor
War photographer
Image of graves or bodies
P1 remains
“Every round as it rips through its life”
‘R’ sounds
Remains
Reflects violence of image & portrays memory vividly
Paragraph 2
Imagery and metaphor to picture terrible effects of war and conflict
P2 war photographer
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
War photographer
‘Agonies’ shows pain
Contrasts to
‘Black and white’ simplified
= not enough recognition
P2 remains
“His bloody life in my bloody hands”’
Repetition
“His bloody life in my bloody hands”’
Repetition
(Remains)
Shows his memory is returning
Paragraph 3
Uncaring attitudes put on conflict
P3 war photographer
“Tears between bath and pre lunch bears”
Internal rhyme
“Tears between bath and pre lunch bears”
Internal rhyme
Explore photographer feeling that people are affected for a short amount of time unlike victims of war
P3 remains
“One of them legs it up the road”
Colloquial language
