‘Mark was looking for himself still trying to find his was back from the dead.’Does Mark learn to live with the pain from his experiences?’ Triage

Yes he doesn’t forget it he learns to put it aside and move on
Only from help from Joaquin
Ignores pain before Kurdistan
Becomes too much for him, breaks down, admits to Joaquin pain, then can recover
Tells Joaquin of 1 Beruit, 2 Uganda, 3 Sri Lanka

‘Mark was looking for himself still trying to find his was back from the dead.’
Does Mark learn to live with the pain from his experiences?’


From the start of the novel it is obvious that Mark Walsh is carrying an immense ‘burden’ of some type, however we, the reader do not learn what this burden is completely until the end of the novel. The effects of many wars had all been pushed aside by Mark, until finally Mark is not able ‘to keep it separate’, he lets his personal life, through his friendship with Colin into his professional life. It is at this stage that Mark starts ‘feel(ing)’pain and loses his ability to feel emotions.

Before Marks trip to Kurdistan he convinces Colin to make the journey ...