Written Commentary (Notes)
Extract of Ishiguro’s novel The Remains of the Day
Miss Kenton’s personalityà straight foreword
Miss Kenton’s dehumanizing her husband à is giving Steven space
The personal development of the characters, you can clearly notice that they have underwent a changeà mature behavior rather than being ironic against each other (in comparison with the beginning of the novel):
Stevens is listening and, more or less, opens himself (for the reader): “Indeed- what should I not admit it?-At that moment, my heart was breaking.”
Miss Kenton: more rational than before, e.g. “You spend so much time with someone; you find you get used to him. He’s a kind, steady man, and yes, Mr. Stevens I’ve grown to love him.” àProves that Miss Kenton’s leaving more room for rationality rather than emotion. She understands the actual situation and her former love for him, but copes with the fact that she loves Mr. Benn: “I’ve grown to love him.”
Has a significant effect on their relationship.
Mr. Stevens still wears his “professional suit”. This can be noticed in the last paragraph: “As you say it is too late to turn back the clock. […] We must each of us, as you point out, be grateful for what we do have.” Even though he earlier mentions for the reader how he actually felt about Miss Kenton’s sentimental discloser: “And you get to thinking about a life I might have had with you, Mr. Stevens” Stevens reply for the reader: “[…] their implications were such as to provoke a certain degree of sorrow within me. Indeed- why should I not admit it? At the moment my heart was breaking. ” Nevertheless, the protagonist does not reveal his emotions for Ms. Kenton, as a result of his dignity that he still takes usage of: “We must each of us, as you point out, be grateful for what we do have.”
à In comparison with the beginning of the novel, you can see a development in how Mr. Stevens is accepting and dealing with certain events e.g. conversations with Ms. Kenton. This might be a prove of Stevens personal development as a main character à “Seeing and blindness”
-NOT COMPLETELY DONE-
Extract of Ishiguro’s novel The Remains of the Day
Miss Kenton’s personalityà straight foreword
Miss Kenton’s dehumanizing her husband à is giving Steven space
The personal development of the characters, you can clearly notice that they have underwent a changeà mature behavior rather than being ironic against each other (in comparison with the beginning of the novel):
Stevens is listening and, more or less, opens himself (for the reader): “Indeed- what should I not admit it?-At that moment, my heart was breaking.”
Miss Kenton: more rational than before, e.g. “You spend so much time with someone; you find you get used to him. He’s a kind, steady man, and yes, Mr. Stevens I’ve grown to love him.” àProves that Miss Kenton’s leaving more room for rationality rather than emotion. She understands the actual situation and her former love for him, but copes with the fact that she loves Mr. Benn: “I’ve grown to love him.”
Has a significant effect on their relationship.
Mr. Stevens still wears his “professional suit”. This can be noticed in the last paragraph: “As you say it is too late to turn back the clock. […] We must each of us, as you point out, be grateful for what we do have.” Even though he earlier mentions for the reader how he actually felt about Miss Kenton’s sentimental discloser: “And you get to thinking about a life I might have had with you, Mr. Stevens” Stevens reply for the reader: “[…] their implications were such as to provoke a certain degree of sorrow within me. Indeed- why should I not admit it? At the moment my heart was breaking. ” Nevertheless, the protagonist does not reveal his emotions for Ms. Kenton, as a result of his dignity that he still takes usage of: “We must each of us, as you point out, be grateful for what we do have.”
à In comparison with the beginning of the novel, you can see a development in how Mr. Stevens is accepting and dealing with certain events e.g. conversations with Ms. Kenton. This might be a prove of Stevens personal development as a main character à “Seeing and blindness”
-NOT COMPLETELY DONE-
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