English Quotes - Prose Fiction
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- PROSE FICTION
- The First Casualty - Ben Elton
- "The solder was laden like a pack mule"
- simile
- Short, blunt sentence
- Dramatic start
- Animalistic imagery
- Slow tone mirrors movement of soldier
- Through complex sentences
- No identity
- Repetition of "pack mule"
- "cursing this ponderous beast of burden"
- Harsh language
- Animalistic imagery
- Metaphor
- Plosive alliteration - 'b' sound
- "And so the man drowned in the mud. Dead and buried in a single moment"
- Short sentences
- Represents how quickly it happened
- Unpredict-ability of death
- Defeated by the conditions
- Conditions are enemy
- Short sentences
- "The solder was laden like a pack mule"
- The Ghost Road - Pat Barker
- "the subdued, brownish light of a November dawn"
- Opening line sets tone of misery
- Irony
- Dawn brings life
- "It's not worth it"
- Futility of war
- Life not worth living
- Rather have death
- Tension build
- "Oh, it is worth it, it is"
- Higher command response
- Repetition
- Desperation
- Dismissive tone towards son
- Defensive
- "damaged brains and drooping mouths"
- Physical effects
- Horrific reality
- Results of war
- "I can't stand much more of this"
- Major Hallet
- Dismissive
- Lack of compassion
- Major Hallet
- "And then suddenly it was over"
- Short, sharp, blunt sentence
- Sudden
- Tension signifies the end
- No elaboration of death
- Tension signifies the end
- Just another soldier
- "young girl turn aside to hide her expression of relief"
- Nurse
- Caring
- Compassion
- Pitiful
- Thankful
- "the subdued, brownish light of a November dawn"
- Not So Quiet - Helen Zenna Smith
- “I
have schooled myself”
- Repetition
- Must adapt
- Not come naturally
- “breed
women like my mother and Mrs. Evans-Mawnington”
- Ridiculing
- Animalistic
- Dog
- People/ women's fault back home
- "exhibits" & "example"
- Museum attraction
- "heroes"
- Repetition
- Naïve approach
- “They
are not singing now, you will observe”
- Patriotic feeling no longer exists
- Nonsense
- "He will die"
- Certain death
- “It
isn’t pretty to see a hero spewing up his life’s blood in public, is it?”
- Rhetorical question
- Notion of heroism does not exist
- Sarcastic tone
- “even
if he is minus a limb or two. A most unfortunate occurrence!”
- Sarcasm
- Mocking higher command
- Mocking their sentiments and comments
- “raving,
blaspheming creature screaming filthy words”
- MORE BITTER
- Animalistic
- Dramatic
- “head-less
body running on and on, with blood spurting from the trunk”
- Reality
- Graphic
- “like
a Jumping Jack worked by a jerking string”
- Simile
- Soldiers like a toy
- "You can't watch him? Why not? Why not?"
- Intensity grows through
- Questionning
- Repetition
- Quicker pace
- Bitter tone
- Intensity grows through
- “I
have schooled myself”
- The First Casualty - Ben Elton
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