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    Kitchen - Assignment Questions

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    The document provides tasks and questions about the novel "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto. [1] Mikage's grandmother dies so Yuichi and Eriko offer her a place to live while grieving. After stabilizing, Mikage moves out but later Eriko is murdered, causing Yuichi to grieve. Mikage tries to help Yuichi by bringing him food. [2] The characters are described in short paragraphs: Mikage loses family and bonds with Yuichi over grief; Yuichi is Mikage's grandmother's ex-florist and later grieves Eriko's death; Eriko took in Yuichi and Mikage. [3] The novel comments on Japanese

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    The document provides tasks and questions about the novel "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto. [1] Mikage's grandmother dies so Yuichi and Eriko offer her a place to live while grieving. After stabilizing, Mikage moves out but later Eriko is murdered, causing Yuichi to grieve. Mikage tries to help Yuichi by bringing him food. [2] The characters are described in short paragraphs: Mikage loses family and bonds with Yuichi over grief; Yuichi is Mikage's grandmother's ex-florist and later grieves Eriko's death; Eriko took in Yuichi and Mikage. [3] The novel comments on Japanese

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    The document provides tasks and questions about the novel "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto. [1] Mikage's grandmother dies so Yuichi and Eriko offer her a place to live while grieving. After stabilizing, Mikage moves out but later Eriko is murdered, causing Yuichi to grieve. Mikage tries to help Yuichi by bringing him food. [2] The characters are described in short paragraphs: Mikage loses family and bonds with Yuichi over grief; Yuichi is Mikage's grandmother's ex-florist and later grieves Eriko's death; Eriko took in Yuichi and Mikage. [3] The novel comments on Japanese

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    Kitchen - Assignment Questions

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    Grace Qiu
    The document provides tasks and questions about the novel "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto. [1] Mikage's grandmother dies so Yuichi and Eriko offer her a place to live while grieving. After stabilizing, Mikage moves out but later Eriko is murdered, causing Yuichi to grieve. Mikage tries to help Yuichi by bringing him food. [2] The characters are described in short paragraphs: Mikage loses family and bonds with Yuichi over grief; Yuichi is Mikage's grandmother's ex-florist and later grieves Eriko's death; Eriko took in Yuichi and Mikage. [3] The novel comments on Japanese

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    Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

    Task Sheet for completion after initial reading of text

    1. Write a plot summary for the novel. Highlight the main events and ideas only. Write exactly
    89 words.

    Mikage’s grandma dies so Yuichi (her grandma’s ex part-time florist) and Eriko (Yuichi’s
    biological father turned mother) offers her a place while she grieves. After Mikage finds a
    culinary job and has a stable life, she moves back out into her grandmother’s house. Eriko
    gets murdered by a psychotic stalker and Yuichi moves back in with Eriko to help him grieve
    for a short term when she found out. To cope, Yuichi stays in an inn and avoids Mikage
    however Mikage attempts to visit him and bring him Tonkatsu.

    2. Write a series of paragraphs about the following characters or groups of characters. Your
    paragraphs should be about 10 lines each:
     Mikage
     Yuichi
     Eriko
     Sotaro – ex bf
     Chika – bar hostess, turned new manager
     Okuno – ex gf

    Mikage:
    Mikage’s parents died when she was young and her Grandmother passed away when she
    was in her early adult age. Mikage met Yuichi as he used to be a part-time florist for her
    Grandmother’s flower shop. Eriko and Yuichi invite Mikage to live with them while she
    grieves and stabilises her life. She forms a close friendship and have a strong bond with
    Yuichi from dealing with grief. Had a part-time culinary baking job whilst she lived with
    Yuichi before graduating and being a full-time culinary assistant. Gets pushed away from
    Yuichi when he leaves for an inn to grieve about his mother’s death. Mikage knows that
    Yuichi hasn’t eaten whilst hes grieving, so she orders tonkatsu to personally travel 40
    minutes to deliver it to him in his inn.

    3. Identify, in a series of individual sentences, what you think the main ideas in the novel are.

    4. Describe the setting(s) in a paragraph or two.

    5. Explain how the novel was a comment on Japanese society in the 1980s (the introduction
    will help you with this).
    6. What method of narration is used in the novel and how did the narrative point of view affect
    your reading of the text?

    7. What recurring images or symbols did you observe in your reading? For each image or
    symbol you identify explain in a sentence what you think it might represent.

    8. Describe one scene from the novel that you found interesting, disturbing or thought
    provoking and explain why it made you feel this way. Write about 5 lines.

    9. Write down at least 3 questions you would like to ask about the book.

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