Grief and Love In life everyone deals with death. It’s very hard to deal with death and only time can cure the pain. The novella “Kitchen” written by Banana Yoshimoto discusses a girl named Mikage that lost her family. First her parents and then the loss of her grandmother; losing her grandmother made her realize that she lost one of her closest family members. The author describes the main characters grief and loneliness; moreover she described her emotions through the kitchen and cooking. Mikage realized that her favorite place at home is the kitchen, where she expects to eventually forget about the misery. The loss of her grandmother affects her psychologically, and hence the kitchen symbolizes her love and joy in life. She is finding
