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Kamikaze
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"A
shaven head full of powerful incantations
"
"
Shaven
head
" shows devotion to culture and stolen identity
"
Powerful
incantations
" represents the powerful ideas that have been forced upon them
"with a flask of water, a samurai sword"
The samurai sword symbolizes tradition and culture. Also links to the
honourable act of sacrificing your life for your country.
"They
treated him as though he no longer existed"
Shows how he has died a
social death
,
honour
drives the whole idea of family love.
Who wrote
Kamikaze
?
Beatrice Garland
"He must have
wondered
which had
been
the
better
way
to
die.
"
This line reflects the internal conflict of the pilot, questioning whether his sacrifice would have been more
honorable
than his
act
of turning back.