Remains

• context

  • a soldier suffering from PTSD whilst still at war
  • plagued by his thoughts even once he has returned home
• themes

  • guilt
  • effects of war
  • reality of war
  • power of memory
• " tossed his guts back into his body "
• " tossed his guts back into his body "

  • careless
  • dehumanising
  • only seen as a weapon of war
  • graphic / violent
  • brutal / harsh reality of war
• " end of story except not really ... when i am home on leave "
• " end of story except not really ... when i am home on leave "

  • far reaching effects of war
  • no escape
  • can never truly return to the man he once was
  • mentally changed
  • " home " - supposed peace
• " and the drink and drugs won't flush him out "
• " and the drink and drugs won't flush him out "

  • unhealthy coping mechanism
  • suggests his memory is his true enemy
  • mental turmoil
  • " flush him out " - military term / get enemy to reveal himself
• comparisons

  • war photographer
  • bayonet charge