What Were They Like

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'4) Did they use bone and ivory, jade and silver, for ornament?'
naive questions, very poetic and fantasy like,
1 of 8
'Sir, their light hearts turned to stone.'
became unfeeling, unemotional, horror has emotionally deadened them
2 of 8
'It is not remembered'
reinforce that they don't want to think about the past
3 of 8
'laughter is bitter to the burned mouth'
laughter is light, joyful, burned mouth is ugly, scarred, painful
4 of 8
'A dream ago, perhaps'
unreal feel of the past, vague, mythical. in a previous life, imaginary, far away
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'Ornament is for joy, all the bones were charred.'
irrelevance of ornaments because there is no joy, joy-beauty, happiness. bones-bodies, wrecked, ruined, gruisome
6 of 8
'When bombs smashed the mirrors there was only time to scream.'
destroyed into many pieces, beyond repair. mirrors were paddies of children
7 of 8
'It is reported their singing resembled the flight of moths in the moonlight. Who can say? It is silent now.'
fragility of their lives, so easyy, suddenly shattered. moths are light and carefree, represents their lives, emphasis on what has been lost, sorrow
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Card 2

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became unfeeling, unemotional, horror has emotionally deadened them

Back

'Sir, their light hearts turned to stone.'

Card 3

Front

reinforce that they don't want to think about the past

Back

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Card 4

Front

laughter is light, joyful, burned mouth is ugly, scarred, painful

Back

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Card 5

Front

unreal feel of the past, vague, mythical. in a previous life, imaginary, far away

Back

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