Language

• • Visual metaphor using punctuation to describe the scene -> a hint to how we lose our language in conflict
  • Use of " - " is an imitation of bullets

  " an asterisk on the map.... a burst of rapid fire... "
• • Allusion to a story (Theseus vs. the Minotaur or David vs. Goliath) reflecting on the untrained civillians vs. the army
  • The street names are a nod to Imperial Wars, all of which were during the Crimean war

  " I know this street so well- Balaclava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Street - "
• • 3x rhetorical questions - highlighting Carson's confused state as in conflict we lose our language
  • " Fusillade " a militaristic term linking to shots from guns

  " My name? Where am I coming from? Where am i going? A fusillade of question marks. "
• • First three are what civillians used to make a bomb
  • " car-keys" puts forward a sense of chaos and that the keys got caught up in the confusion
  • " car-keys " is a play on words for khakis that soldiers typically wear

  " Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. "