Peurliesañ e soñjer eo bet levezonet oberenn Ballard gant ar pezh a c'houzañvas pa oa bugel. Martin Amis as skrivas en doa Empire of the Sun ""roet stumm d'ar pezh en doa stummet anezhañ"" (« gives shape to what shaped him.""). Padal, eo kempouesoc'h ar sell en deus Ballard war an darvoudoù-se : ""I don't think you can go through the experience of war without one's perceptions of the world being forever changed. The reassuring stage set that everyday reality in the suburban west presents to us is torn down; you see the ragged scaffolding, and then you see the truth beyond that, and it can be a frightening experience."" (Livingstone 1996) hag ivez: ""I have—I won't say happy—not unpleasant memories of the camp. [...] I remember a lot of the casual brutality and beatings-up that went on—but at the same we children were playing a hundred and one games all the time!"" (Pringle 1982)