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=Pp 8 - 16=

1. How is Communist political ideology represented on page 8? 2. What tone is created in this section? 3. What is the symbolic value of the deck of cards? 4. P11 - 'Whose soul is calling whom this night?' The distinction between life and death is often confused in this novel. What other seemingly clear distinctions become blurred? 5. P 12 - How do the soldiers access their imaginative or inner lives? How is it contrasted with objective reality as it surrounds them?

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==WORLD LITERATURE SUGGESTION - '**Perfume**, **The Sorrow of War** and **The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea** all employ narrative oppositions between the inner and outer lives of the characters. To what end is this done and how successful is it?==

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