Natural+Environment

=The Natural Environment as a motif in 'Triage'=

"Coming down off the hilltop, and across that empty valley," -Pg. 13 //Mark is totally alone, and his survival depends on his own actions, and what he does.// //"//...would sit and watch the valley and the villages and river, would hear nothing but his own breath and the wind shuddering down from the snow peaks, and there he would feel as happy as he talked to Colin." -Pg. 185 //Mark is capable of finding beauty in a landscape, and enjoys great views of nature. But his work as photographer contradicts this, as war is not only an invention of man, but destroy's nature. His views on nature, coupled with his need for war, are very conflicting, and worsens the weight he carries.//