Strong imagery reinforces the gravity of the situation.
A boy with ʻʻpeeled skin/arms legs suspended/a puppetʼʼ & ʻʻjelly babies/tiny beings with no bones/skin...red as tomatoesʼ....are juxtaposed against images of American marines and nurses ʻʻwith bloated grins sucking/beers and tossing beach balls along/our shores.ʼʼ