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    • 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
    • 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.
        • Patriotic theme
          • They are doing what is expected of them. As are the Kamikaze pilots.
        • The pilot recognised himself in the fish
      • "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
      • 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
      • As he's flying, he remembers the memory of the boat with his brother.

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