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Themes of Memory, Duty, and Identity in Kazuo Ishiguro’s “The Remains of the Day”
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@article{vol4issue1themesofmemorydutyandidentityinkazuoishigurostheremainsoftheday,
title = {Themes of Memory, Duty, and Identity in Kazuo Ishiguro’s “The Remains of the Day”},
author = {Benny, Srinivas Abburi1, Dr. N. Solomon},
journal = {Hong Kong International Journal of Research Studies},
volume = {4},
number = {1},
pages = {1--3},
doi = {10.64180/octopus.412601},
issn = {3078-4018}
}
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TY - JOUR AU - Benny, Srinivas Abburi1, Dr. N. Solomon TI - Themes of Memory, Duty, and Identity in Kazuo Ishiguro’s “The Remains of the Day” JO - Hong Kong International Journal of Research Studies VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 3 DO - 10.64180/octopus.412601 AB - <p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:transparent;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16.2119px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.153px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.998569);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Kazuo Ishiguro’s </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:218.014px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.153px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.994024);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">“The Remains of the Day”</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:406.94px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.94001);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">(1989) stands as one of the most celebrated novels of late</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:799.817px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:805.091px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(1.00475);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">twentieth</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:870.362px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.99954);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">century British fiction. Set in post</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:329.202px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:334.671px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.97148);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">war England, the novel explores the personal and mor</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:712.508px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.944337);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">al dilemmas of Stevens, </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.907784);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">a butler who reflects upon his life of service to a once</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:485.298px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:490.962px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.961602);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">prestigious English lord</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:660.893px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.992222);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">, Lord Darlington</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:788.879px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.938614);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">. Through a </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:402.457px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.99473);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">masterful first</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:195.161px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:402.457px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:200.63px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:402.457px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.935683);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">person narrative, Ishiguro examines themes of memory, dignity, duty, repression, and national </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:421.013px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(1.04519);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">identity. Th</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:175.433px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:421.013px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.965809);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">is paper explores how these themes intersect and reveal the psychological and historical implications </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:439.764px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.956487);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">of post</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:140.477px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:439.764px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:145.946px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:439.762px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.989408);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">war British society. It argues that Ishiguro uses Stevens’ narrative to critique blind loyalty and the moral </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.95851);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">costs of emotional suppression while </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:373.735px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.982448);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">illuminating the universal struggle between personal </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:771.3px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(1.05823);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">fulfilment</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:849.039px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.962968);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">and </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:477.266px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.975237);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">professional duty</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:213.521px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:477.266px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.153px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.998569);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Kazuo Ishiguro’s </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:218.014px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.153px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.994024);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">“The Remains of the Day”</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:406.94px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.94001);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">(1989) stands as one of the most celebrated novels of late</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:799.817px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:805.091px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(1.00475);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">twentieth</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:870.362px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:346.155px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.99954);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">century British fiction. Set in post</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:329.202px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:334.671px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.97148);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">war England, the novel explores the personal and mor</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:712.508px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:364.906px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.944337);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">al dilemmas of Stevens, </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.907784);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">a butler who reflects upon his life of service to a once</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:485.298px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:490.962px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.961602);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">prestigious English lord</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:660.893px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.992222);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">, Lord Darlington</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:788.879px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:383.706px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.938614);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">. Through a </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:402.457px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.99473);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">masterful first</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:195.161px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:402.457px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:200.63px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:402.457px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.935683);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">person narrative, Ishiguro examines themes of memory, dignity, duty, repression, and national </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:421.013px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(1.04519);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">identity. Th</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:175.433px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:421.013px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.965809);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">is paper explores how these themes intersect and reveal the psychological and historical implications </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:439.764px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.956487);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">of post</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:140.477px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:439.764px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">-</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:145.946px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:439.762px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.989408);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">war British society. It argues that Ishiguro uses Stevens’ narrative to critique blind loyalty and the moral </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.95851);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">costs of emotional suppression while </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:373.735px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.982448);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">illuminating the universal struggle between personal </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:771.3px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(1.05823);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">fulfilment</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:849.039px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:458.515px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.962968);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">and </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:93.7553px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:477.266px;transform-origin:0% 0%;transform:scaleX(0.975237);white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">professional duty</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;cursor:text;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;left:213.521px;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;position:absolute;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;top:477.266px;transform-origin:0% 0%;white-space:pre;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">.</span></span></p> KW - duty KW - emotional KW - identity KW - memories KW - psychological KW - repression SN - 3078-4018 UR - https://octopuspublication.com/article/vol-4-issue-1-themes-of-memory-duty-and-identity-in-kazuo-ishiguro-s-the-remains-of-the-day ER -