A Family Supper

Question 1

What form and structure does a family supper have?

Answer 1

• Son comes back to Japan from america

Question 2

What imagery does a family supper have?

Answer 2

• Well
• Superstition
• Family reputations
• Motif of silence
• Traditions
• Darkness

Question 3

What key themes does a family supper have?

Answer 3

• Returning home
• Fractured relationships
• Death

Question 4

Quotes about physical, emotional and verbal distance:

Answer 4

“i was living in california, my relationship with my parents was somewhat strained”
“i did not learn the circumstances surrounding her death”
“punctuated long pauses”

Question 5

Quotes about darkness:

Answer 5

“the garden had fallen into shadow”
“the daylight had almost gone”
“dimly lit room”
“my fathers face looked stony and forbidding in the half light”

Question 6

Quotes about silence and unwillingness to put effort in:

Answer 6

“there was little conversation”
“for a while we sat in silence”
“we fell silent once more”

Question 7

Quotes about closed mindedness:

Answer 7

“particularly proud of the pure samurai blood that ran in the family”
“a man of principle and honour”
“dealing with foreigners, doing things their way”
“a fine man, a man of principle”

Question 8

Quotes about admitting guilt or lack thereof:

Answer 8

“it was a plastic model of a battle ship”
“perhaps i should have been a more attentive father”
“those little hun boats here could have been better glued”
“perhaps i think it looks fine”