A Family Supper
- Created by: PhoenixStorm
- Created on: 23-05-18 16:08
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- A Family Supper
- Methods
- First person narrative - observations only
- Structured around food
- Significance of silences
- Stilted dialogue
- Themes and ideas
- Identity
- Family
- Past and present
- Death
- Grief
- Honour
- Loneliness
- Stereotypes
- Things not as they seem
- Context
- Japan's defeat by America in World War II
- Americanisation of Japanese business and economic life
- Quotations
- "Fugu poisoning is hideously painful and almost always fatal."
- "My father was a formidable-looking man with a large stony jaw and furious black eyebrows."
- "My relationship with my parents had become somewhat strained"
- "You must be hungry."
- "our conversation since my arrival at the airport had been punctuated by long pauses"
- "A man of principle and honour. I respected him very much."
- "Dealing with foreigners. Doing things their way. I don't understand how we've come to this."
- "Your mother too was always ready to welcome to back - upset as she was by your behaviour."
- "My sister relaxed quite visibly once he had left the room."
- "he's making plans to go to America"
- "Mother never really blamed you, you know...She always used to say to me how it was her fault, hers and father's, for not bringing you up correctly."
- "He took his whole family with him."
- "an old woman...She was wearing a white kimono."
- "the rooms were all startlingly empty"
- "Perhaps I should have been a more attentive father."
- "Obediently, my sister rose to her feet once more and returned the picture to the wall."
- "Not only must they lose their children, they must lose them to things they don't understand."
- "Just fish."
- "there was always the final weapon"
- "There was little conversation."
- "We ate on in silence."
- "She had many worries. And some disappointments."
- "If you wish to stay here, I mean here in this house, you would be very welcome."
- "We fell silent once more, waiting for Kikuko to bring the tea."
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