kamikaze - beatrice garland Flashcards
‘full of powerful incantations’
- commanders hold power over him
- brainwashed
- programmed
‘she thought…. he must have’
- uncertainty due to lack of communication
‘strung out like bunting’
- simile
- contrast, links to celebration
‘a huge flag’
- irony
- flag of surrender
- flag of victory
- patriotic
‘to see whose withstood the longest’
- awkward, unprecedented, internal conflict
- will he survive?
- foreshadowing potential death
‘tuna, the dark prince’
- japan’s pride
- soldiers should strive to be as heroic
‘was no longer the father we loved’
- incriminated
- unworthy
- dis attached
‘which had been the better way to die’
- treated poorly
- should have died while he could with honour
what is the poem ‘kamizaze’ about?
it is based on the story of a failed kamizaze mission, and how poorly the survivors were treated upon their return
‘journey into history’
- emotional, names will go down in history
- immortalised
what are the main themes of ‘kamikaze’?
the sea - traditional way of life, close links to the sea have a timeless quality. pilot’s vivid memories suggests what he is about to lose and a sense of homesickness
family life - repeated references to family members throughout, the story of this pilot is told to a whole new generation of grandchildren, who may have never met him, establishing the consequences of the pilots decision - his entire family and community judge him.
‘yes grandfather’s boat’
- interrupts flow of the story
- ideas have changed, the daughter can openly talk about her father
- daughter is sympathetic towards father, regrets how he was treated
what is the form of the poem?
- narrative
- when the speaker talks directly, it heightens me he sense of sadness she feels
