The Ghost Road chpt 1
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- Created on: 30-03-16 09:06
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- The Ghost Road chpt 1
- Billy's stream of conciousness
- He says what he thinks about people
- Very honest
- 3rd person narrative
- He is very sarcastic
- Use of colloquial langauge
- Working class background
- Now considered middle class due to ranking of officer
- Working class background
- Use of colloquial langauge
- He says what he thinks about people
- Billy's tone when talking about businessmen is very bitter
- He doesn't like men who haven't fought on the front
- Sickened by anyone who is safe from war
- 'However carefully you tiptoed back from that final paddle, your legs got coated all over again, and the towel always hurt' page 3
- Metaphor for war and shellshock
- Page 4 example of working class dialect
- Use of colloquial language
- Page 4 shows the effects war has on a women when her husband goes to war or is killed
- Her status is destoryed
- "his lust was too blatant to be flattering" page 4
- Billy views Louie as a sexual object
- "If he'd been a private she'd have asked him what the bloody hell he thought he was gawping at." Page 5
- Social boundaries as an officer
- 'the bosses' page 6
- Metaphor for war
- The doctors appointment shows how Billy uses sarcasm as a way of coping
- Page 12 shows how desperate men used to be to join the way
- Billy's stream of conciousness
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