Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard Commentary on passage (page 166-168).
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Ana Lakic 9T 30.1.2004. Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard Commentary on passage (page 166-168) After reading beyond Part II in the Empire of the Sun, we notice quite a few changes in Jim's life. In this chapter (20), Jim has just arrived in Lunghua camp with the rest of the passengers. I am going to comment on a passage from the end of page 166 to the beginning of page 168. Even though this is a small passage, there is a lot to comment on. If we just read it more than once, we see so deep into it, that it is amazing how such little writing can mean and represent so much. There is quite a lot of imagery in this passage and Ballard uses it in a quite interesting way. He describes everything in a way that we could try and actually see it. As he says at the...

