war photographer ann dufffy

• big idea- explores the challenges faced by those who record horrific events during conflicts and criticises the desensitisation of the people theyre trying to enlighten.
• plosive alliteration - blunt language, repetition of plosive cotenant . eg - sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
• desensitize- to cause someone emotional pain - eg there are some desensitize people in this world.
• ordered rows' universal graves hes trying to control and order chaos
• 'his dark room' its a place he can control unlike his work.
• 'spots of suffering' suffering captured in the images
• 'a priest' metaphor hes going to handle the photos in a respectable manner
• 'all flesh is glass' biblical backround emphasises fragility of life
• 'solutions slope' clumsy actions juxtaposition when he took it/ when he was developing it
• 'ordinary ' belittles the 'pain' that was experienced
• 'home' juxtaposed to the war location where 'exposed' is used to emphasise the horrors of conflict and the innocent victims.
• 'running children in a nightmare heart'
• 'a hundred agonies in black and white/from which his editor will pick out five or six/ for Sundays supplement.
• simple sentence structure builds tension
• 'half formed ghost' the dead body will haunt him through the photo and his memories
• 'must' he had a duty to record these horrors
• 'foreign dust' reinforces the notion of the transient nature of al life on earth.
• 'eye balls' instead of eyes - crying is almost mechanical
• 'prick with tears' vaguely moved, not enough to make the public cry.
• 'tears between the bath and pre lunch beer' contrast - simplicity of the readers life / war zone reality
• ser- permanent - description, origin, personality, time, job, relationship.
• estoy- temporary - position, location, action, illness, emotion.
• soy - i am
• eres- you are
• es- he / she / it are
• somos- we are
• sois- you all are
• son- they are
• estoy- i am
• estas- you are
• esta- he/ she / it are
• estamos- we are
• estais- you all are
• estan - they are
• pensativa- thoughtful
• sentada- sitting
• estoy comiendo - i am eating (continues present tense )
• yo- i
• tu- you
• el/ ella / it he she it