remains

• themes


  affects of conflict on people
• quote 1 every round as it rips through his life

  brutal imagery of someones death being brought to live by mimicking gun shots

  the repetition enlightens the awful experience and ptsd as much the sibilance the very horrifying scene is constantly in the soldiers mind

  violent verb rips highlights the pain the soldier who was possibly armed possibyly not to take his life away from him

  
  

  verb life could mimic how the bulet went through his body but also how life was snatches away from him
• possibly armed possibly not


  lack of clarity fills him with guilt as he ponders on whether the act was justifiable or not

  caesura shows his conflicting thoughts as the division mimics the uncertainty of the speaker

  probably becomes before possibly shows that he wishes to believe the soldier was armed

  anaphora shows he is focused on the possibility that his killing was unjustified- his mind is full of doubt

  plosives create a gunfire sound to mimic ptsd

  dramatic monologue as he is reciting is experiences at war
• his bloody life in my bloody hands

  dark imagery

  repetition of blood emphasize the trauma and ptsd he will now feel . it may also link to a verbal angry tone towards a military official as the lexis bloody could be interpretated as swearing as well as the physcial blood left on his hands like lady macbeth classic scene of washing the blood from her hands after falling into insanity - highlights the impact of war as there mind has been corroded by their actions still to now
• one of them legs it up the road

  colloquial language to desensitize and normalise warfare and death

  uses soldier to highlight killing is not a casual action even to the most experienced soldiers - highlights impacts
• on another occasion

  media res- create confusion to the readers- mimics the confusion the soldiers face emotionally as they are rarely prepared

  mimics the confusion of the soldiers emotionally as they are launched into situations without preperation

  armitage could be critiquing society for their lack of undertsanding and their lack of military compassion

  also conveys a sense of chaos and disruption presenting war as unpredictable

  shows the harsh realities of waras fighting is expected oon a dat to day basis