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  • Is Dawe pro or anti war?
    Anti.
  • How are the families connected in 'Homecoming'?
    By the loss of their loved ones through the "wide web of suburbs".
  • Why does Dawe leave the soldiers nameless in 'Homecoming'?
    To emphasise that they have lost their identity.
  • Who is the narrator in 'Weapons Training'?
    The drill sergeant.
  • What are "their shadows" in 'Homecoming'?
    The spirits of the soldiers.
  • What is the effect of the word "mob" in 'Weapons Training'?
    Image of pack, animals, threat.
  • How does Dawe want the reader to feel about war in 'Homecoming'?
    Variety of answers.
  • What connotations does the word 'home' have?
    Safety, love, connection, belonging.
  • Who is our poet?
    Bruce Dawe
  • What are three themes explored in 'Weapons Training'?
    Realities of war, attitudes of soldiers towards enemy, degrading treatment of soldiers.
  • "What are you guna do about it?" is an example of what technique?
    A rhetorical question.
  • What does it mean to dehumaise someone? Why is this something that happens in war?
    Remove their identity; makes it easier to kill; detach from reality and horror of war.
  • How are the dead soldiers categorised in 'Homecoming'?
    By being labelled only by their haircuts.
  • "All day, day after day" is an example of what technique?
    Repetition.
  • What technique is used in this line and what does it mean: "the noble jets are whining like hounds"?
    A simile - the pain of the journey home.
  • Once we have referred to Bruce Dawe in his entirety, how else can we refer to him?
    Dawe
  • The opening line of 'Homecoming' suggests ("All day, day after day, they're bringing them home")
    They are being chosen to fight on the front line
    The soldiers are being 'picked' to fight with the enemy
    The meaningless collection from battle and returned home
    The soldiers are being asked to pick sides in Vietnam
  • In 'Weapons Training', how does Dawe show that war is violent? Must quote!
    "Tripes round your neck" etc.
  • The sorrowful tone of 'Homecoming' implies
    The war has ended with death for no purpose
    That war is empowering
    The war was worth fighting
    The solders are sad
  • What does it mean to be 'ruthless'? In which poem is this idea explored?
    Showing no pity or compassion for others. 'Weapons Training'.
  • What technique is used in 'Weapons Training' that ensures it is fast paced and mimics the quick speech of the drill sergeant?
    Enjambment.
  • 'Weapons Training' dehumanises the enemy. Who are the enemy AND how are they dehumanised?
    The Viet Cong (Vietnamese) - through racist, derogatory language: "little yellows"
  • Why does the drill sergeant belittle the new recruits?
    Asserts his own authority; make them fearful of him; put them in their place.
  • 'Weapons Training' is filled with slang references to sex and male genitals. Give one example.
    "old crown-jewels", "cockpit drill" etc.
  • The poem 'Weapons Training' looks at the futility of war. What does futility mean?
    Pointlessness or uselessness.
  • What is the effect of the repetition in the line "You're dead, dead, dead"?
    Reality of war: alive one moment, dead the next.
  • What does 'sorrowful' mean?
    Feeling/showing/causing grief and intense sadness.
  • Who is the 'you' that are being spoken to in 'Weapons Training'?
    The new soldiers.
  • What does the "frozen sunset" symbolise in 'Homecoming'?
    How grief has paused the lives of the families who have lost loved ones.
  • 'Connotations' means
    Ideas/image you think of and associate with a word.
  • When we see the word 'how' in a question, it is asking us to identify what?
    Techniques used in a text
  • What does the season winter symbolise? What reference to this in 'Homecoming' does Dawe make?
    Death, darkness, end of life. "leaves from a wintering tree".
  • How is the title 'Homecoming' ironic?
    It is not a celebration, it is the end of life and the grief of death.
  • What does derogatory mean?
    Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.
  • Why does 'Weapons Training' have little punctuation throughout?
    Dawe wants the reader to feel overwhelmed by the onslaught from the drill sergreant.
  • Why do the families in 'Homecoming' feel bitter?
    They are angry and hurt at the unjust loss of their loved ones?
  • What is a reality of war shown in 'Weapons Training'?
    That it is violent and can end in death.
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