Kamikaze Quotes And Ideas

Question 1

Sensory imagery - Shows how nature is beautiful and has the power to persuade the father to live.

Answer 1

“a green-blue translucent sea”

Question 2

A simile is used to shows how patriotism and pride are in conflict with the pilot’s mind.

Answer 2

“arching in swathes like a huge flag waved first one way”

Question 3

Irony - even though he returned they treated him as if he had died.

Answer 3

“they treated him as though he never existed”

Question 4

Metaphor is used to suggest that experience is for everyone to remember.

Answer 4

“journey into history”

Question 5

The use of the conjunction ‘but’ foreshadows the pilot’s turn to go back and stop committing kamikaze. However, this is all from the daughter’s perspective showing the separation between the two characters.

Answer 5

“but half way there, she thought,”

Question 6

Irony - the pilot should have been aiming for big enemy ships, but its the “little fishing boats” that catch his eye

Answer 6

“at the little fishing boats”

Question 7

Shows the innocence of the children and the shame he brought to the family.

Answer 7

“only we children still chattered and laughed”

Question 8

The constant use of commas show the pause and the reflection of the narrator which contrasts with the duty of being a kamikaze pilot as the family and pilot aren’t to have any regrets.

Answer 8

“this was no longer the father we loved. And sometimes, she said, he must have wondered which had been the better way to die.”