english lit paper 2- Remains

quote from beg with analysis

“ on another occasion, we got sent out”

a regular thing

casual conversational tone

conflict presented as normal day to day life experiences for them

middle quotes

“i see every round as it rips through his life”

suggesting a reliving of traumatic memory

he remembers it clearly

traumatic experience cannot be forgotten

end quotes

“ his blood shadow stays on the street”

lasting presence of guilt

memory cannot disappear

key themes

War, conflict, guilt, trauma, memory, psychological suffering