Module B- HSC

Question 1

1

Fallibility of Memory

Answer 1

“Today, when I try to recall that evening, I find my memory of it merging with the sounds and images from all those other evenings”

Question 2

2

Fallibility of Memory

Answer 2

“There is certainly a satisfaction in understanding one’s own past and knowing that there is a coherent pattern to one’s actions.”

Question 3

1

Role of the artist

Answer 3

“The China crisis posters,’ I said, thinking to myself. ‘Yes, I remember your posters now. It was a crucial time for the nation.”
- ono talking to Shintaro about shintaro work

Question 4

2

Role of the artist

Answer 4

“Father’s work had hardly to do with these larger matters of which we are speaking. Father was simply a painter. He must stop believing he has done some great wrong.”

Question 5

1

Intergenerational Differences/values/conflict

Answer 5

“It is tragic that so many of his generation died as they did, but why must he harbour such bitterness for his elders?

Question 6

2

Intergenerational Differences/values/conflict

Answer 6

“Sometimes I think there are many who should be giving their lives in apology who are too cowardly to face up to their responsibilities… Some of them are no better than war criminals.”

Question 7

Intro

Answer 7

In An Artist of the Floating World (1986), Kazuo Ishiguro explore intergenerational values, the role of the artist and the fallibility of memory, through a non-linear narrative and unreliable narration, readers are given an insight into the changing society of post-war Japan. A critical analysis of unreliable narration and character development reveals a deeper insight into the human condition and societal transformation. By examining Ishiguro context in relation to Thatcherism and the novels status of a postmodernism text, reader gain a deeper understanding of the perspectives of others which inform personal perspectives.