SECTION III: Themes
Instructions: Identify two major themes (remember to distinguish between theme and subject) in Kitchen and write a 9-14 sentence explication for each. Be sure to use concrete details from the novel to support your answer.
Theme 1: In the face of grief, life must go on
Explication:
Mikage experiences one loss after another in kitchen. From the very beginning of the story, she struggles with her grandmother’s passing, till all the way to the end, where she is still in the process of grieving Eriko’s death. Although Yoshimoto’s Mikage never seems to forget the sadness, the message of the story is not telling you to wallow in your misery. In fact, it is the opposite, saying even though you experience pain, you must make it so that it pushes you up instead of dragging you down into defeat. Because though her grief will always remain with her, Mikage manages to find renewed strength each time. In the face of …show more content…
In the novel, these two things are intertwined. Such as, on the first night of living at the Tanabe house when she meets Eriko, and offers to cook soupy rice. Later, after she becomes more experienced in her passion of food, she even prepares an entire feast to soothe Yuichi and herself.
Part IV: 5 Lies About Grief
Instructions: Read the attached article called “5 Lies About Grief” by Allison Nappi. Link for article here: 5 Lies About Grief
Find 5 parallels between concepts in the article and the characters in Kitchen.
Character from Kitchen Quote with page # Parallel to what in 5 Lies
Mikage
“I had never cried this way in my life. As the hot tears poured out, I remembered that I had never had a proper cry over my grandmother's death. I had a feeling that I wasn't crying over any one sad thing, but rather for
Instructions: Identify two major themes (remember to distinguish between theme and subject) in Kitchen and write a 9-14 sentence explication for each. Be sure to use concrete details from the novel to support your answer.
Theme 1: In the face of grief, life must go on
Explication:
Mikage experiences one loss after another in kitchen. From the very beginning of the story, she struggles with her grandmother’s passing, till all the way to the end, where she is still in the process of grieving Eriko’s death. Although Yoshimoto’s Mikage never seems to forget the sadness, the message of the story is not telling you to wallow in your misery. In fact, it is the opposite, saying even though you experience pain, you must make it so that it pushes you up instead of dragging you down into defeat. Because though her grief will always remain with her, Mikage manages to find renewed strength each time. In the face of …show more content…
In the novel, these two things are intertwined. Such as, on the first night of living at the Tanabe house when she meets Eriko, and offers to cook soupy rice. Later, after she becomes more experienced in her passion of food, she even prepares an entire feast to soothe Yuichi and herself.
Part IV: 5 Lies About Grief
Instructions: Read the attached article called “5 Lies About Grief” by Allison Nappi. Link for article here: 5 Lies About Grief
Find 5 parallels between concepts in the article and the characters in Kitchen.
Character from Kitchen Quote with page # Parallel to what in 5 Lies
Mikage
“I had never cried this way in my life. As the hot tears poured out, I remembered that I had never had a proper cry over my grandmother's death. I had a feeling that I wasn't crying over any one sad thing, but rather for