English W7L4
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- Created on: 11-06-20 09:01
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- English W7L4
- Memories in Remains
- The title "Remains" could be referring to the dead bodies after the war
- It could be referring to what is left of the soldiers after the war.
- The soldier is suffering from PTSD
- In the army, he could deal with memories of him killing people
- He wasn't alone, his fellow soldiers were going through the exact same thing. It felt like a family.
- When he went home he couldn't deal with the memories of killing a man.
- He was alone. The army had finished with him, he had served his purpose.
- He tried to get rid of the memories using alcohol and drugs.
- When he was on the battlefield, he was desensitised to the violence.
- The soldier remembers treating the looter's body like an animal.
- He's thinking that moment over in head and he is realising he might not have had to shoot. The man could have lived
- "His bloody life in my bloody hands"
- This shows that the soldier is remorseful and is feeling regret.
- "He's here in my head when I close my eyes dug in behind enemy lines"
- The word "dug" implies that the memories are embedded in his brain.
- referring to the soldiers being on enemy territory
- The word "behind suggests that the memories have gotten behind his defences and are affecting his ability to work
- He can't escape.
- "The drink and drugs won't flush him out"
- He's trying to forget about the looter
- The word "Flush suggests that he is disgusted with himself and his memory
- The title "Remains" could be referring to the dead bodies after the war
- Nature in Kamikaze
- Nature is what convinced the Kamikaze pilot to turn around and go back home to his family.
- "Like a huge flag"
- Referring to the fish in the water
- They are moving in unison.
- They have been brainwashed also. They are following what everybody else is doing.
- They are moving in unison.
- Patriotic theme
- They are doing what is expected of them. As are the Kamikaze pilots.
- The pilot recognised himself in the fish
- Referring to the fish in the water
- "flashing silver as their bellies"
- Reference to the fish
- The pilot is seeing the beauty of the world around him
- Life has a value to it. The silver represents the treasures in the world.
- The nature of society resulted in the pilot being shunned when he returned home
- A Japanese soldier should kill himself before he returns home
- he brought great shame upon his family and friends
- Memories in Kamikaze
- The Kamikaze pilot turned around and went back home to his family.
- It is in the Pilot's Daughter's perspective
- We don't get to here from the pilot.
- "A shaven head full of powerful incantations"
- He was brainwashed by society
- The words repeated over and over
- His head is full
- No room for him to think for himself
- He manages to think for himself and turn back
- No room for him to think for himself
- When he returned, he was shunned by his family and neighbours
- His children didn't understand.
- He was still their father. They had happy memories of him
- They were brainwashed by society as they grew older and stopped speaking to him
- Societal expectations destroyed the memories
- They were brainwashed by society as they grew older and stopped speaking to him
- He was still their father. They had happy memories of him
- His children didn't understand.
- As he's flying, he remembers the memory of the boat with his brother.
- Memories in Remains
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