Kamikaze

Kamikaze

1. Link to conflict

   • Conflict between the rules and honour of society and the desire to survive and return to family

2. Link to power

   • The power of the Japanese government and the power if family influence the men's lives

3. Structure

   • Uses italics for an aside to maybe show the daughter speaking to her own children and how these choices has cast a shadow on her history

4. Key quotes

   • "A one way journey into history"
   • "Shaved head full of powerful incantations"
     • Metaphor- for a journey into history
   • "A green-blue translucent sea"
   • "My mother never spoke again"
   • "We learned to be silent"
     • "Learned" shows this behaviour Is to natural and was forced upon her, that she now realises and regrets this.

5. Context

   • It was considered a great honour in Japan to die for your country.
   • The pilot in this poem returns home and is rejected from his family forever.
   • Questions at the end which death would of been better, to die as a kamikaze pilot young or to grow old with a family who shut you out.