Frank Foley
Frank Foley
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Published: 1989
Category: Novel
Themes: class, status, and identity; individual agency; loyalty, duty, and the possibility of freedom.
Overview
Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 Booker Prize winning novel explores the life of Stevens, an ageing butler given the chance to reassess his life. Set in 1956, Remains also explores ideas of Britishness, missed opportunities, class, love, and the unreliable narrator.
Frank's highlight!
Life-affirming / uplifting message
Life wisdom
There's a balance between duty and freedom. Stevens seems to have
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Quoted passages
QUOTE 1: "What then is a great butler? I would say it has something to do with dignity, with the resistance of the impulse of tearing off one's clothes and running wildly, at the first sign of pressure."