WELCOME

STOCKINGS

CHARACTERISATION

• Henry Dobbins
• Girlfriend’s pantyhose => coping mechanism
• From rationalisation to superstition
• Effect on his brothers in arms around him; ‘appreciate the mystery of it all’
• “Big, strong, good intentions”
• Incapable of grasping complex ideas

LITERARY DEVICES

• Comparison between Dobbins and America

CHURCH

CHARACTERISATION

• Big fella feels for religion/spirituality
• Again, humanisation
• Dobbins considers himself ‘not smart’ enough for role of minister

PEACE AND SERENITY IN THE HEART OF A WAR ZONE

LITERARY DEVICES/LANGUAGE

• Dialogue Kiowa and Dobbins
• Repetition => connecting reader and characters
• Simile => description makes world in novel come alive
• Allusion => interpretation
• Irony => shared understanding?

QUESTIONS?