kamikaze

Question 1

What is the strucure of Kamikaze?

Answer 1

very constant,

Question 2

‘embarked at sunrise’

Answer 2

Japan is the land of the rising sun, beginning a new chapter of his life ‘embarked’, both choices lead to death

Question 3

one-way journey into history

Answer 3

painful irony,

Question 4

green-blue translucent sea

Answer 4

connotations of beauty and tranquillity, doesn’t want to remove others from the beauty of life or himself, nature with precious possessions

Question 5

‘figure of eight’

Answer 5

infinity, war and honour will be forgotten but nature will live forever, doesn’t want to die as he knows he can’t live forever but wants to experience everything

Question 6

‘which had been the better way to die’

Answer 6

both ended in death of some kind, written in third person showing the speaker doesn’t agree with their culture, sounds like propoganda

Question 7

‘nor did she meet his eyes’

Answer 7

eyes are windows to the soul, ashamed of her own husband, ongoing conflict, feels guilty and doesn’t want to face what she’s doing, doesn’t want to let him go

Question 8

‘a tune the dark prince, muscular, dangerous’

Answer 8

imbalance of power between humanity and nature, the kamikaze pilot isnt the most dangerous thing a tuna is, metaphor- prince, importance,