'Remains' by Ali Awan Year 10 https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING Made with intellect en-us 2020-06-17 12:32:56 UTC 2024-12-04 10:31:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Remains 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630476934 Simon Armitage ]]> 2020-06-17 12:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630476934 'to tackle looters raiding a bank.And one of them legs it up the road, probably armed, possibly not.Well myself and somebody else and somebody else are all of the same mind, so all three of us open fire.' 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630483648 At the sight of an enemy, the soldiers open fire showing no remorse or mercy.]]> 2020-06-17 12:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630483648 'I see every round as it rips through his life -I see broad daylight on the other side.' 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630548980 Describing the bullets fired by the soldiers entering and exiting the enemy's body, ripping through the layers of flesh as if his life was nothing and his body was just kilograms of flesh and blood waiting to be eviscerated by lead.]]> 2020-06-17 13:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630548980 'and he's there on the ground, sort of inside out, ...pain itself, the image of agony.One of my mates goes by and tosses his guts back into his body. Then he's carted off in the back of a lorry.' 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630554516 "image of agony" shows the soldier still remembers the image of the dying man he alongside his friends, killed. Shows Post Trauma. "tosses his guts back into his body." carelessly done without any respect. Shows effects of war on the mind and actions.]]> 2020-06-17 13:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630554516 'And the drink and the drugs won't flush him out –' 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630618324 The soldier is suffering from PTSD and turns to drugs to clear out the nightmares of war; this proves invalid and pains the soldier.]]> 2020-06-17 14:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630618324 'he's here in my head when I close my eyes,' 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630640844 The memory of the killing haunts the soldier every time he closes his eyes which shows the psychological effects war can have on a man. This can lead to insomnia and insanity. ]]> 2020-06-17 14:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630640844 'his bloody life in my bloody hands.' 16aliawan https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630646950 'bloody' shows the soldiers regret for taking the looters life and the soldier exclaims that "his bloody life" is in his hands referring to the shooting. ]]> 2020-06-17 14:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/16aliawan/IAMKING/wish/630646950