Grade 9 Analysis of Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland

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Some extra notes here: (see more) water was used to clean the blade before the samurai committed seppuku (suicide), meaning that the plane he sat on was like a shrine/place to specifically commit seppuku The form's structure is also one large line of regular stanzas, similar to how there were 7 light carriers left in Japan's arsenal at the end of ww2, and us reading it gives a feeling as if the pilot was leaving his home behind, which were those 7 light carriers and into certain finality The light carriers would have probably been the home of the pilot for a long time as they were ships that were meant to launch aircraft and were useful for kamikaze because they can launch aircraft close to the enemy The banzai charges (land based suicide attacks), operation ten-go(water based suicide attack) and the kamikaze could be indicative to when Garland wrote the poem, like how it is in Ozymandias where the hinting of present events are presented through a lens of the last such as KGIII's tyranny represented by Ramses II in Ozymandias and in this poem, 9/11 indicated by another plane based suicide attack Bunting could also symbolise unwavering commitment to orders as ww2 fleets usually coordinated eachother by waving certain coloured flags to show orders such as no quarter or form a battle line The word "arcing" could also hint for the flash fires that Kamikaze pilots would result in if they crash into enemy ships. If a ship gets hit with a shell or a kamikaze plane, it usually doesn't split in half. But, if the shell or plane hits the ship's ammunition, it causes a flash fire that "arcs" since it's a geyser of flame that tears the ship apart, which could show a traumatic flashback from the pilot and a foreshadowing of his potential fate the asonance could be symbolic of a warcry of "tennou heika banzai" or "for the emperor" in which an "a" sound is stressed

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sibilance could reflect the taunting idea of shame inside a samurai's mind, forcing him on

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could you link 'swivelled towards the sun' to the story of Icarus, perhaps suggesting that his attempt to escape his fate (as Icarus escapes from Crete) is ultimately futile as it results in his metaphorical death? or is this too far fetched?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

It is an interesting comparison. Icarus also defied orders - at least his father's instructions - which led to his death. The Kamikaze pilot does the same, and chooses life. This is, as you suggest, an ironic victory, as it leads to another kind of death. I think it is a great idea - which I shall steal happily!

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Nice to add on that actually the pilots didn't have one way fuel. If the mission would seem to be an unlikely success, maybe there were too many battleships which would shoot the plane down if they got too close, or if they couldn't find any ships, they could always turn back, because obviously they needed to save men.

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[@mannanhanda5564]

Does this work? The use of assonance and sibilance in the beginning is confusing and overwhelms the reader. Perhaps, this is symbolic of the battle between the pilot's conscience and the world's expectations of him as a Kamikaze pilot???

[@saminaahmed3433]

Though I have one question, in what order is the poem being told (like first was the wife, and so on, and then it goes back to the wife's views)?

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Hi Sir i am a little confused by the analysis on the figure of 8, can you explain it please

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[@Dcnstudio.Daniela]

Hey there , I just got this really interesting idea and I want to know if I would be able to use it or if it makes sense . Maybe he didn’t come back as there was not enough fuel for one way, therefore dying but he came back as a spirit , suggesting that he did not finish him journey in life, and the poet is implying that the mission of kamikaze is stopping young men/soldiers from finishing their journey in life by being brainwashed and sacrificing their life for a place in history. I know it says the children were taught “to be silent” and that’s why I am asking if it would be okay to use this idea 💡. Anyhow thank you so much for helping me and many more students in our long and hard journey in gcse 😂😭🤦🏼‍♀️.

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[@nicolemusic2242]

Thank you for your videos, could you argue that when the pilot emotionally dies(after being isolated from his family and community) that he ironically becomes a kamikaze pilot in the sense that they were taught to forget their emotions and ideas about war, to improve their fighting skills. So even though he turned back, could Garland be implying that ideas like living on in ‘history’ be failing people

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Could be

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[@Dcnstudio.Daniela]

This poem makes me cry 😭

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[@TBC1599]

The soundscape analysis... that's way too airy-fairy and abstract. Like, the "a" sound doesn't make an "ah" sound - you're just exaggerating it. And how does the 'i' sound reflect identity??? You were trying to analyse these sounds but had to result to this absurd interpretation because quite simply, she just chose these words, not for alliterative purposes. I do understand that sound analysis has its place, but it has to be more realistic and deliberate than that (some examples here, of course, were more deliberate than others). And I get how you're trying to contrast these sounds, but it just seems WAY too subtle and exaggerated.

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You don't have to like them - take what works for you, and challenge the stuff that doesn't. Identity = I is what I was getting at, but I am happy for you to reject the idea.

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MR SALLES PLEASE REPLY!!! Please mark this question out of 8, I just finished watching your English language paper 1 video- How does the writer use language to describe Rosabel’s bus journey home? The write uses a compound complex sentence to convey rosabels bus journey home as long and tiring. He does this by adding several pieces of punctuation to the sentence ‘ rosabel looked out the window;the street was blurred and misty, but light....’ This long compound complex sentence created the sense of chaos, perhaps reflecting how over wholeness rosabel was on her journey home. Perhaps this could be a message from the wrote to imply that public transport is not peaceful and empty like some of us readers may seem. However it could also suggest that rosabel is incapable of surviving a bus journey which involves crowds of people. The Writer also uses negative adjectives such as ‘black’ ‘greasy’ and ‘sickening’ to describe rosabels bus journey home. The adjective ‘black’ creates connotations of sinister and evil which could be suggested by the reader that public transport is not safe. The writer also uses pathetic fallacy to describe the bus journey as dreaded. The writer describes the weather as ‘dull’ ‘blurred’ and ‘misty’ which perhaps could foreshadow the outcome of rosabels journey home. This ultimately makes the reader feel sacred and increases the tension as public transport is very common so it being des tubes as negative makes the reader want to avoid it. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT MARK THIS WOULD BE!! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS❤️❤️❤️❤️

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First paragraph- ‘perhaps suggesting how OVERWHELMED rosabel was’ sorry typing error x

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Sibilance, soundscape. I- shows his individuality, he’s resolving his conflict, and realises he wants to preserve his identity

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