Lecture by Mrs. Vandana D Souza, Assistant Professor, Department of English
The wooden leg is representative of prosthetics. Even though it is non-natural, it facilitates the man’s movement. Devoid of the wooden leg, the man’s circumstances would have been appalling since locomotion would have been problematic. The ‘ugly noise’ signifies the inadequacies of prosthetics. The noise rings a bell in the man’s head concerning his lack of a natural leg; and, it is probable that man will never misremember the war that sacrificed his leg.