MARK

> "the mirror was clouded over, and Mark saw nothing but faint shadow on its surface" Page 32"notice the thin, straight cut across his throat" Page 18 > "Pain is always preferable to numbness. (Mark is experiencing numbness and loss of memory of the event leading to the death of Colin. It is not until Mark begins to feel pain of this lossthat he will be able to accept the death of his friend and begin the grieving/healing process). Page 21"You have some neural disrucption but, god willing, its temporary. We'll know soon enough". Page 18 > (Talzani recognises that Mark is not acknowledgeing all that has occured on the mountain side. The cause of the 'neutral disruption' is what the reader uncovers with Mark) > "It is not so easy without your camera...." Page 20 (Talzani recognises that Mark filters his experiences of war and that without his camera he finds the brutality confronting) > "You Should have crutches." Page 21 (Mark is in need of support) > "You never pass over them. You carry them with you forever. That is what it means to live" Page 24 (Joaquin to Mark. The Philosophy is that one must learn to live with the pain. it is through pain that we know we are alive. There is replication of the ideas and actions of Joaquin and Talzani and the advice they offer Mark)
 * __Mark Walsh__**
 * War photographer
 * Mark likes to advanture and take risks
 * Girlfriend is Elena
 * Mark could see things no normal eye could see and this occured through the help of photography which was a larger part of his job
 * After the explosion Mark realised that'....He would be walking into a new life, that never again would he be the easy, confident man he had been
 * The need to understand and search for the truth
 * Mark and other photograpers had nothing to do with a search for beauty or truth, that this was simply something they told themselves to avoid thinking any further
 * Shocked of Colins death
 * __Quotes by Mark__"mark lowered his arm, pushed the hand into his trouser pocket,"its like razor blades" Page 31
 * __Quotes by Mark__"mark lowered his arm, pushed the hand into his trouser pocket,"its like razor blades" Page 31