WAR PHOTOGRAPHER Flashcards
WHAT IS THE MEANING IN WAR PHOTOGRAPHER?
HORRIFIC MEMORIES LIVE ON IN THE MIND INDUCING TRAUMA IN THE OBSERVER
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE IN WAR PHOTOGRAPHER?
THOSE IN PEACEFUL COUNTRIES CANT ALWAYS EMPATHISE WITH PEOPLE IN THE WAR ZONES
EMPHASISES THE EMPHASIS OF DEVASTATION IN WARTIME OPPOSED TO COMFORT AND SECURITY IN PEACETIME
WHAT IS THE FORM OF WAS PHOTOGRAPHER?
FIXED RHYME SCHEME
LACKS THE POWER TO CHANGE ANYTHING AS HIS WORK FALLS UPON AND UNRECEPTIVE AUDIENCE
Very rigid order contrasts with the chaotic, disturbing images described in the poem.
This regular structure represents the war photographer’s attempts to find some sense of order in amongst the chaos of war
WHAT TYPES OF POWER ARE BEING SHOWN IN WAR PHOTOGRAPHER?
POWER OF MEMORY
WHAT ARE 4 QUOTES FROM WAR PHOTOGRAPHER?
HE HAS A JOB TO DO
RUNNING CHILDREN IN A NIGHTMARE HEAT
TEARS BETWEEN THE BATH AND PRE LUNCH BEERS
THEY DO NOT CARE
BLOOD STAINED INTO FOREIGN DUST
IN HIS DARK ROOM HE IS FINALLY ALONE WITH SPOOLS OF SUFFERING SET OUT IN ORDERED ROWS
IN ORDERED ROWS
HIS SOMBRE CAREFUL RITUAL IS PERHAPS HIS WAY OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF NORMALITY OR ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL HIS THOUGHTS EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES WHICH PERHAPS THREATEN TO OVERWHELM HIM
SEMANTIC FIELD OF DEATH - GRAVE YARD, OGRAVE STONES IN ORDERED ROWS,WAR CEMETERYS
EARNING A LIVING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLES DEATH
IN HIS DARK ROOM HE IS FINALLY ALONE WITH SPOOLS OF SUFFERING SET OUT IN ORDERED ROWS
TROCHAIC
IAMBIC
UNSETTLES THE READER - 2 DIFFERENT RHYME SCHEMES
QUESTIONING THE MORAL PURPOSE OF THE WP
IS HE A DARK PERSON OR ONLY RECORDING DARK EVENTS
PLEASED TO BE ALONE
EACH PHOTO CONVEYS SUFFERING
SIBILANCE - SOFT SOUND BUT ALSO SINISTER - IDEA THAT WHAT HE IS DOING IS SINISTER NOT JUST THE PHOTOGRAPHS
BUT BEING A PUBLIC OBSERVER AND NOT INTERVENING
RUNNING CHILDREN IN A NIGHTMARE HEAT
FEAR
PANIC
LOSS OF INNOCENCE
