A Famiky Supper Flashcards
What context links to the story and suicide
& context on Ishiguro
Suicide in Japan is a significant social issue and there is a type of honourable suicide which is down by samurai when they feel they have done soemthing bad
Factors to cause this are unemployment/ depression/ social pressures
Cultural author and he has come from many views > past war the Japanese culture changed as it use to be very honourable to die
What is the fathers character like
Formidable
Detached from his children
Despised the modern world
What are the main themes and links in the story
Relationships - all poems
Nationality - MPTT
betrayal - chemistry
Identity - MPTT
Why does the story start with fugu fish?
Make the point important and memorable so when the dinner scene occurs the readers become anxious that the fish is fugu
How does the language and dialog represent the family relationships
It’s is very formal and lots of short sentences used when the father is around which describes the fathers position and his unfatherly like personality
What’s the form of the story
Ends of a cliff hanger
Chronological order
