Exposure

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"What are we doing here?"
Sets the tone - helplessness and despair. They feel like their suffering is pointless. They question what they are achieving.
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"Our", "Us", "We"
Theme of shared endurance - showing that the men suffer together, they have a special bond.
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"Oh", "Grow", "Only know", "Soaks"
Examples of assonance - emphasises the mood of the narrative, (like moaning). They are long to say which conveys the extended effort.
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The coming of "dawn"
Motif, it shows the arrival of hope but it is soon frozen away, showing that nature has ultimate power.
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"East winds...knife us", "Mad gusts"
Repetition of personification- heightens our awareness of the conditions. Portrays the weather as being the enemy.
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"Empty home", "Dying fire"
Theme of loss and faith. Showing that the home front have given up on them and they are concerned.
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Card 2

Front

Theme of shared endurance - showing that the men suffer together, they have a special bond.

Back

"Our", "Us", "We"

Card 3

Front

Examples of assonance - emphasises the mood of the narrative, (like moaning). They are long to say which conveys the extended effort.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Motif, it shows the arrival of hope but it is soon frozen away, showing that nature has ultimate power.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Repetition of personification- heightens our awareness of the conditions. Portrays the weather as being the enemy.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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