Korea quotations

f p b

furze pods bursting

furze pods bursting

• reminds the father of the bullets at the execution, ruining his honeymoon

• shows how pleasant images are ruined with memories of war

• despire the trauma that being at war has caused him, the father still advises his son to do the same

i w w o b w. t w n i h o v

I was wary of big words. They were not in his own voice

I was wary of big words. They were not in his own voice

• Highlights the father’s ulterior motives which the narrator is catching on to

• “not in his own voice” shows how the father is being motivated by other people and he is regurgitating what they’ve said

• sounds rehearsed

i k m y h e

I knew my youth had ended

I knew my youth had ended

• epiphanic as he finally sees his father’s true intentions

• shows loss of innocence

• any remaining sense of childhood is destroyed by the father’s betrayal

t g t h d w L w k

they got ten thousand dollars when Luke was killed

they got ten thousand dollars when Luke was killed

• excitement and gossip surrounding the death of locals

• shows how the father is indifferent to brutal deaths, due to his experience at war

i n f s c t h b

I’d never felt so close to him before

I’d never felt so close to him before

• understands his father through adult eyes rather than the naivety of childhood

• he can see him better because he has seen the darkness of his father’s true motives and knows how callous he really is