kamikaze quotes

Question 1

‘full of powerful —‘

Answer 1

‘full of powerful incantations’

suggests the pilot was under a kind of spell, hints at the influence of the patriotic propaganda that kamikazes were exposed to

Question 2

‘father’s boat —‘ ‘grandfather’s boat- —‘

Answer 2

‘fathers boat safe’
‘grandfathers boat- safe’

reminiscing on childhood memories

‘safe’ - repetition

‘grandfather’ hints to the pilots mindset that he does not want his children to go through the pain of losing him

Question 3

‘they treated him as though he — — —‘

Answer 3

‘they treated him as though he no longer existed’

irony - he survived but is treated as though he is still dead

Question 4

‘he must have wondered which had been — — — — —‘

Answer 4

‘he must have wondered which had been the better way to die’

final short sentence is a comment on the destructiveness of patriotism

either way his story still ends in a death - either physically or socially