Sky

=Sky as a symbol in 'Triage'= - "Above him, Mark saw a sky that was gray." page 11. The gray represents the sadness and dreariness of life in Kurdistan, and for Mark to see this as a positive shows how horrible his situation must be.

- "...entwined with him, enveloped by the dark of a moonless night." page 235. The darkness represents the security and the end of a stage of their lives. The absence of the moon represents the absence of the weight Mark has been carrying.

- "The joy he felt just then was as expanding as the turquoise sky" page 66. The turquoise represents the beauty Mark is witnessing and the calm he is feeling. As the sky is never ending, we are shown the full extent of his joy. - "...the vantage point where they could see the greatest portion of the sky." page 56. Sky is often connotated with searching. In this case it represents the searching for the lost people previously spoken of. As they look out the window it is as if it is an outlet from all the misery.

- "The cloud cover blew off that night. Beyond the reeds, Mark saw a thousand stars." page 20. The way the clouds have been blown away represents the new insight Mark has after just discovering what happens to the unlucky men not given the chance to live. The 'thousand stars' represents all the lost men and the luck Mark feels in not being one of them.