kamikaze

• context

  • Japanese kamikaze pilots flew planes into US warships in WW2.
  • It was a great honour to be a kamikaze pilot.
  • pilots where shamed if they turned back - cowards.
• Themes

  • nature
  • effect of conflict
  • loss/absence
  • identity
  • memory
  • individual experiences
• quote

  ”…arcing in swatches like a huge flag” ( simile )
• quote

  ”…and enough for a one-way journey into history” (metaphor)
• quote

  “and though he came back my mother never spoke again in his presence” (pronoun) (emotive language)