Key Quotations

• The title ‘The Manhunt’ suggests a chase or searching for something or that he is lost
• Images of delicate materials “porcelain” and “silk” suggests beauty and vulnerability
• Images of broken body parts “grazed heart”, “broken ribs” suggests human casualties of war and the vulnerability of mind and body
• Pain still growing mentally and physically “foetus of metal” and “unexploded mine” suggests potential to still explode or permanent scarring
• “only then did I come close” suggests it is a journey through his pain and healing and their reconciliation as a couple. She is finally closer to ‘catching’ him.