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Graphic Imagery And The Repercussions Of War

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The graphic imagery shown on pages 86 and 87 are displayed in a way to show the repercussions of the war. Up until this point in the graphic novel the main characters had yet to see the war, since after the arrived they had to dig ditches, and graves, but hadn’t see the war up until this moment. This is conveyed by the characters face, one looking shocked, another looking solemn , and the last looking disgusted that people had done this to other human beings. We see people who have had limbs amputated, burned horribly, and have gone blind. To top it all off it gives the reader a top down view of the hospital, to show how many people were affected, and the total path of destruction to the war, knowing that this is only one hospital. What makes

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