features about the books

Question 1

narrative voice

Answer 1

First person in both books. WFB reflects internal moral conflict while TTTC is an episodic, fragmented structure

Question 2

themes

Answer 2

in WFB there is colonialism, imperialism, moral dilemas and guilt while in TTTC there is psychological toll of war, and burden of memory and trauma

Question 3

symbolism

Answer 3

in WFB there is the barbarian girl who symbolizes dehumanization and the Empire’s violence symbolizes moral blindness. In TTTC there is the physical things soldiers carry that represent emotional burdens and deaths which represent the unfairness of life and the randomness of death in war

Question 4

memory and trauma

Answer 4

in WFB the magistrate’s guilt reflects internal trauma from complicity while in TTTC, solderies carry emotional trauma, not just physical items