Once someone is gone, they usually end up buried beneath the earth. When someone has to keep going through his own life, as if those friends hadn’t died, it can be a difficult burden. A young man wears a suit and tie, and is expected to adjust to civilian life, after going through hell, and coming face to face with death, and kept a steady composure. His friends, on the other hand, had blinked in the face of death. This path in the jungle leads in two directions; the nicely dressed young man standing on one end, his allies walking towards the other. The young man is standing on the part of the path that exists just outside the jungle itself, suggesting that he truly does not have a physical link to the jungle. He is the only one in the image with a shadow, a concept that suggests the existence of an entity capable of blocking out the sun. The other four men, on the other hand, cast no such shadows. They are transparent entities, serving as the nicely dressed young man’s ghosts; ghosts that remained in the jungle, while the young lad left.
I love the insightful and deep statement and how it connects to the image. It also focused less on the hardships of those who have passed, and more on the long lasting pain soldiers go through (even after the war). You definitely looked at the "War is..." statement and used it for a less used perspective, which became a strong advantage. The visual is especially impacting because of the aspect that fellow passed soldiers will never be forgotten by those who survived and will always be on the back of their mind. Good job! Your post gave a deeper and more emotionally in tuned view that made it especially interesting :)
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