The 60 pages long PDF document contains An Artist of the Floating World Summary Notes prepared by an English Literature teacher, who is also a national examiner in Kenya. The document is structured as follows. First, one comprehensive paragraph is dedicated to a brief biography of the author, Kazuo Ishiguro. Second, another brief paragraph is dedicated to the historical context of the set book's plot. Together with the author's biography, the historical context can help the reader to easily understand the author's intention in crafting the piece of art. The third paragraph is dedicated to listing and explaining other books related to An Artist of the Floating World. This paragraph furthers our understanding of the context and author's intention in the set book.
The following 13 paragraphs are dedicated to the summary of the set book. This provides a synopsis of the plot. After the entire summary, the subsequent sections are dedicated to chapter summaries. The following chapters/sections are summarized: October 1948, April 1949, November 1949, and June 1950.
After section summaries, the next section is a comprehensive discussion of themes. The themes discussed include Intergenerational Conflict, Imperialism and Sovereignty, Aging, Grief, Pedagogy, and Marriage. Afterwards, stylistic devices are discussed. They include Symbolism, Motif of Fire, Similes and Metaphors, Irony, and Imagery.
Finally, Characters and Characterization are presented. The characters whose traits have been discussed include Masuji Ono, Setsuko, Noriko, Ichiro, Chishu Matsuda, Seiji Moriyama, The Tortoisem, Shintaro, Suichi, and Kuroda. Teachers can rely on this document for teaching purposes. Parents can also download the document for their Form 3 and 4 children for learning and revision purposes, and ultimately improve their grades.
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