Para 2

Question 1

Through the turning point in the story,we begin (question) because at this point in the story

Answer 1

She is supposed to be watching Snow White at the cinemas for paula browns birthday. However, they end up watching a war film

Question 2

“Just as the first man got to the water,the japanese began shooting the prisoners dead and stamping on them, and laughing”

Answer 2

•Long complex sentence to capture the narrators reaction to what she was watching
•it was horrifying
•repetition of “and” gives an impression it lasted a lifetime
•narrator has never seen violence and thought of war as being fanciful

Question 3

The narrators extreme reaction to her exposure to the war picture clearly (question OR loss of innocence)

Answer 3

She runs to the girls’ room after witnessing the war film

Question 4

“I was sitting on the aisle,and i stood up in a hurry and ran out to the girls’ room,where i knelt over a toilet bowl and vomited up the cake and ice cream “

Answer 4

•symbolism is used here
•”cake and ice cream” are typically associated with childhood parties
•the fact she vomited (cake and ice cream) is symbolic of her innocence leaving
•which is confirmed later on
•The turning point, therefore, clearly conveys the narrator (question) as she has been changed by the horrors of war