Remains

Question 1

What is the structure of remains?

Answer 1

• Two part structure

Question 2

What does the two part structure show?

Answer 2

• The first half, the person focuses on a past event in an anecdotal sense
• The second half, person focuses on aftermath of the war and speaks in present tense
• Conveys reliiaty of PTSD

Question 3

“His blood-shadow stays on the street”

Answer 3

• Metaphor - stuck their like the stain on his memory, he can’t go forward
• Shadow symbolises the guilt that follow him

Question 4

“I swear I see every round as it rips through his life”

Answer 4

• Graphic imagery
• “rip” agressive verb highlights the brutal nature of war
• It is branded on his memory

Question 5

“Tosses his guts back into his body”

Answer 5

• Gruesome imagery
• Indicates reality of war and lack or honour which is typically associated with the duty
• “Tosses” shows that they are desensitised and careless