Applies To The Story Kitchen By Banana Yoshimoto

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A quote by Isaac Bashevis singer “Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.” Applies to the Story “Kitchen” By: Banana Yoshimoto. The author makes this a big part of the culture in the story is like; “We thought you might be having a hard time/ your grandmother has always been sweet to me/ so why don’t you stay with us?”(10-14pg1). This shows that people in the culture are still willing to share their home to someone that has a family member that is overly generous. The Story starts out with a morose tone. The speaker has had the last person of their family die, in their mind they’re all alone. And they’re pretty upset about it “I saw myself reflected in the large terrace window while black gloom spread over the rain-hounded night

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