Bayonet Charge

Question 1

STRUCTURE

Answer 1

•Media res, immediately in middle of story in action, reflects soldiers confusion and unpredictability of battle, future is unclear.

Question 2

LANGUAGE

Answer 2

•Semantic field of heat “hot khaki, his sweat heavy” and “sweating like molten iron”, physical exertion and emotional strain, fesr grips soldier, psychological impact of war.
•Repetition “raw”, deliberate choice, difficult to express moment, overwhelming, shock soldiers experience, strufgling to articulate, stutter.
•Many similes, “like a flame”, and more, cannot truly explain it, only can compare. Incomprehensible, impossible to describe, sheer horror of war.

Question 3

CONTEXT

Answer 3

•No mans land, running across.
•Inspired by his fathers WWI stories, psycholical trauma.
•Warning of the horror of warfare and psychological torment and inability to articulate years upon.