Analysing images of hope and destruction in Galloway's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'
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I can understand and analyse the opening of 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'.
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The theme of hope permeates the opening of 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'.
Galloway uses powerful verbs to describe the weapon's destruction.
Galloway structures the opening paragraph of his novel to mirror the way in which the weapon falls.
Galloway may have purposely omitted details in his opening to universalise his message.
When we analyse a text, we must consider why a writer chose to make a particular decision.
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