Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland

Question 1

List 4 quotes.

Answer 1

1. ‘the neighbours too, they treated
   him¦ as though he was no
   longer alive’
2. ‘Her father embarked at sunrise’
3. ‘powerful incantations’
4. ‘figure of eight
   the dark shoals of fishes’

Question 2

Analyse: ‘
‘the neighbours too, they
treated him
as though he was no longer
alive’

Answer 2

• Irony: He came back to see his family and live but was dead in the eyes of his country.
• Disgrace, abandoned.
• ‘too’ shows how not only his family see him as a disgrace but the whole country as well.

Question 3

Analyse:
‘Her father embarked at sunrise’

Answer 3

• ‘father’ has connotations of family.
• ‘embarked’ (heroic verb) portrays it as a valiant journey.
• ‘sunrise’ conveys the idea of the Japanese flag which shows great patriotism.
• Juxtaposition between ‘father’ (family) and ‘sunrise’ (Japan)

Question 4

Analyse:
‘powerful incantations’

Answer 4

• Under potent control of patriotism.
• Indoctrination.
• Strong inculcation of the population.

Question 5

Analyse:
‘figure of eight
the dark shoals of fishes’

Answer 5

• ‘figure of eight’ infinity, repetitive cycle, trapped by destiny.
• Shows how nature is infinite and all powerful, vast, never dies.