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J.G Ballard, is a book that presents war in many different ways. Jim's parents, the Japanese Soldiers and Jim itself can be considered as the individual expressed in the book however I will focus mainly on Jim. Thus the author shows the reader war through Jim's eyes. The perspective of this depends in his state of mind and through the situations he finds himself in, the portrayal differs depending on Jim's surroundings, which often diverse from each other. As soon as war starts J.G Ballard portrays war as something that will change Jim's life forever "Like everything else since the war, the sky was in state of change"1. Although the author does not give a definite way in how Jim's life changes he does show the reader how his style of life changes. He goes through a transition face; where he changes from being just a wealthy kid to an...

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