Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland Flashcards
‘her father embarked at sunrise’
the use of the verb embarked and noun sunrise has connotations of new life and new beginnings, suggesting that for the kamikaze pilots going out in the planes meant the beginning of a new world
‘powerful incantations’
noun - incantations suggests that they are under a spell that it is the right thing to do to die - for kamikaze pilots is was seen as dishonorable to break the Bushido code and not die, so perhaps they are under a spell
adjective - powerful - beyond all human power the spell takes over them
‘but half way there, she thought’
causeura- Volta- implying a change in attitude- he realises he cannot let this beautiful world go
‘stung out like bunting’
simile - noun bunting - has contentions of celebration and joy- if he completes the suicide mission he will be celebrated for staying to the Bushido code.
simile creates vivid colourful imagery for reader, helping them to understand that incredibly hard decscin of suicide as he is leaving such charming things behind
all stanzas are the same 6 lines in each
he knows he is supposed to stick to convention and complete the suicide mission, to avoid a life of shame
‘dark shoals of fishes/ flashing sliver as their bellies/ swivlled towards the sun’
siblilance mimics the sound of a whisper suggesting someone is speaking to him convincing him not to complete the mission - or perhaps it is himself - internal conflict
‘in a figure of eight’
phrase - suggesting his decision is internal, making him more weary of the power of his decisions - internal conflict
‘mother’ grandfather’ ‘father’ ‘brother’
repetition of nouns that are about families- suggesting he will lose so many relationships if he completes the suicide mission, he is weighing up everything he will loose compared to the life of shame and rejection he will experience if he does complete the mission - internal conflict.
dangerous.
end stopping - he has made his decision
a figurative death due to the shame
