- Violent imagery and language
- Jim's naivety and innocence (can be contrasted with when he really does know what is going on)
- Food imagery and metaphors
- Maturation
- Repeated Ideas and Language
- Scientific Language around Doctor Ransome
- Positive language around Lunghua
- Biblical, religious language
- Moments of Clarity (where Ballard summarizes the reality of the situation)
- Jim as the observer
- Symbolism - flies, swimming pools, aircraft, bicycles, mango
- Hierarchy of the people in Shanghai (Chinese at the bottom)
- Who is in power?
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Empire of the Sun Techniques
Language Features of Empire
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