Sontang criticizes Woolf's way of thinking about how a photograph should speak for itself and not take into consideration the relative truth of the pain behind each image. Sontang observes: “But is it true that these photographs, which document the massacre of non-combatants rather than the clash of armies, could only stimulate the repudiation of war? They could certainly also encourage greater militancy in favor of the Republic. Isn't this what they met for?" (Sontang 8). Sotang demonstrates that these photographs can be misinterpreted by others and simply seen as an avenue of justice. In this quote Sotang attempts to bring these images to others as a form of connection between the real and the unreal of war and the destruction within it. Furthermore, Sontang tries to make people understand that the pain of others should not be measured by the distance from which these images come, but rather maintain their value, the meaning. of awareness.