Kamikaze

Question 1

“Her father embarked at sunrise”

Answer 1

.Sunrise is symbolic of Japan (land of the rising sun)

Question 2

“a flask of water, a samurai sword in the cockpit, a shaven head full of powerful incantations and enough fuel for a one-way journey into history”

Answer 2

.Listing
.’Samurai sword’ incase he needs to kill himself
.’full of powerful incantations’ are prayers
.’a shaven head’ ritual practice
.’one-way journey into history’ - significance of the act and the honour it would bring the father

Question 3

“fishing boats strung out like bunting”

Answer 3

-similie
-childlike imagery
-celebratory which is ironic based on what he was about to do

Question 4

“arcing in swathes like a huge flag waved first one way then the other”

Answer 4

.enjambment which mimics the movement of the flag
.shows his surrender of the mission

Question 5

“their bellies swivelled towards the sun”

Answer 5

.describing fish
.death symbolism because when fish die they float belly up.

Question 6

“till gradually we too learned to be silent”

Answer 6

.the reality sets in
.contrasts the earlier love and childlike wonder she speaks about her father with

Question 7

“no longer the father we loved”

Answer 7

.difference in pronouns ‘my’ used for mother, ‘the’ used for father
.shows indifference
.justification

Question 8

“which had been a better way to die”

Answer 8

could be referring to how he died socially instead of literally
.could also be referring to him dying alone and unloved after failing the mission instead of loved and honoured during the suicide mission.