Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland

Question 1

Who’s Perspective is “Kamikaze” in?

Answer 1

The Daughter’s (Third Person).

Question 2

Why is”Kamikaze” not from the Pilot’s Perspective?

Answer 2

Because he doesn’t have a Voice.

Question 3

What is the Key Theme in “Kamikaze”?

Answer 3

Lack of Identity.

Question 4

What is “Kamikaze” about?

Answer 4

About a Girl’s Dad who is a Suicide Bomber and he turns around. His Family and Community Reject him. He sees the Sea, his Grandfather’s Boat and the Fish. The Power of Nature makes him turn around.

Question 5

What are the Themes in “Kamikaze”?

Answer 5

Shame, Isolation, Regret, and Lack of Identity.

Question 6

Kamikaze Pilots were Japanese _____________ who offered to give their Life to Destroy their Enemy in World War 2.

Answer 6

Volunteers.

Question 7

Kamikaze Pilots Volunteered because they should “Never _____________” and that is seen as Weak.

Answer 7

Surrender.

Question 8

What is the Japanese Culture about Suicide?

Answer 8

They View Suicide as a way of Saving Face in a Light of Defeat.

Question 9

What is Seppuku?

Answer 9

Involves taking a Sword, Stabbing your Stomach. Soldiers would rather had done this than getting Caught.

Question 10

“Embarked.” What does this show?

Answer 10

It is a Double-Meaning, a Beginning of a Journey which never went well.

Question 11

“A Samurai Sword.” What does this show?

Answer 11

Seppuku (Ritual Suicide).

Question 12

“A Shaven Head.” What does this show?

Answer 12

They had to Shave their Head to show their Readiness.

Question 13

“Powerful Incantations.” What does this show?

Answer 13

A Spell, he’s been Radicalised and Brainwashed. It links to “Bayonet Charge”.

Question 14

“One-way Journey into History.” What does this show?

Answer 14

It shows Death, it is Bitterly Ironic and the Soldiers are Viewed as Heroic (they’re having an Impact on everyone else).

Question 15

“But…She thought.” What does this show?

Answer 15

It shows a Turn, she doesn’t know the Full Story because she Shut him out.

Question 16

“He must have.” What does this show?

Answer 16

The Daughter’s only Guessing.

Question 17

“Strung out like Bunting.” What does this show?

Answer 17

A Simile.

Question 18

“Arcing in Swathes…The Dark Shoals of Fishes.” What does this show?

Answer 18

Comparing Shoals of Fish to Flags because it is Representing your Nationality.

Question 19

“Silver…Swivelled…Sun.” What does this show?

Answer 19

Sibilance, Calming, Soothing Sound. It can be Sinister also.

Question 20

“His Brothers waiting on the Shore.” What does this show?

Answer 20

The Nature Triggers a Memory (Analepsis).

Question 21

“Cairns.” What does this show?

Answer 21

Towers.

Question 22

“Their Father’s Boat Safe.” What does this show?

Answer 22

His Father was a Fisherman.

Question 23

“Yes, Grandfather’s Boat.” What does this show?

Answer 23

It’s her Grandfather, so his Father (Direct Speech of the Daughter - Structural Technique).

Question 24

“Shore, Salt-Sodden, Awash.” What does this show?

Answer 24

Sibilance, like a Nursery Rhyme. Shows Innocence, Childhood or Purity.

Question 25

“The Dark Prince, Muscular, Dangerous.” What does this show?

Answer 25

Links to Conflict because everything Normal is going on whilst the War is on. Internal Conflict with Himself and the Struggle.

Question 26

“Nor did she Meet his Eyes and the Neighbours too.” What does this show?

Answer 26

It wasn’t Family, it was everyone. The Kids are Learning from the Adults. They see him as a Coward.

Question 27

“No Longer the Father we Loved.” What does this show?

Answer 27

Like he doesn’t Exist.

Question 28

“Which had been the Better way to Die.” What does this show?

Answer 28

His Reality is Worse than Real Life.