Kitchen

Kitchen By banana tree Yoshimoto Mikage Satsuki Growing up is tough especially when you argon al wizard and only(a) and young. It forces you to fend for yourself against the world. Instead of playing with your friends, you spend your time figure out where your next meal is coming from. Which is a sad and shuddery truth few stop to think of these poor souls that get such(prenominal) an unfortunate fate. In Banana Yoshimotos Kitchen, the character Mikage undergoes many of changes, precisely one thing throughout this book that does not change is her passionateness of kitchens.Her parents passed a trend when she was young and her nan raised her. When her grannie also passed away, she became depressed, listless, and orphaned. In the beginning of the book she is lonely, since none of her blood relatives are still alive. afterward she moves in with the Tanabes, however, she finds the courage to face life again. She has a strong adherence with kitchens they seem to give her a calming feeling and help to succor her loneliness. Kitchens serve as a comfort for her.Throughout the course of this refreshing Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto depicts Mikage as a person of great morals, who completes kitchens, and is incredibly strong-willed. In this novel Mikage appears to be an individualist who keeps her morals intact her grandparents brought her up to be an accepting, merciful person. Mikage is a person of great temperance, although she is a little touchy astir(predicate) her relationship with Yoichi. She is also courageous for a person who lost her whole family, and, because she doesnt want to get hurt again, she distanced herself from other people. When was it I actualized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we back tooth light is our own? (Yoshimoto, pg. 21). Her moral stature is apparent when Yoichi tells her that Eriko is a transgender, and instead of getting upset more(prenominal) or less it, she accepted it because she feel s she can entrust them. Her dominant traits are her love of cooking and her love of kitchens. These traits originate when her grandmother passes away the hum of the refrigerator keeps her from feeling lonely.So each night until she moves in with the Tanabes she curls up beside the refrigerator in her kitchen and goes to sleep. Why do I love e rattlingthing that has to do with kitchens so much? Its strange. Perhaps because to me a kitchen represents some contrasted longing engraved on my soul (Yoshimoto, pg. 56). She teaches herself to cook, the summer after her grandmother passed away, at the Tanabes house. She buys three books and studies them, following all the directions in them.Subsequently, she becomes good at cooking and gets the job she has now as an assistant to a noted cooking teacher. Mikage is more of a rational person who knows her limits. At times, she can be emotional, but overall she thinks well on her feet and is a unfastened person. However I couldnt exist like that. Reality is wonderful. I estimate of the money my grandmother had left me-just enough. The place was too big, too expensive, for one person. I had to look for another apartment (Yoshimoto, pg. 5). Mikage handles change well she tycoon not like some things but she gets through them.For instance, her grandmothers death was a great tragedy, but she got through it rationally, and she adapted really well to the Tanabes and their kindness. The author wants readers to know how tough Mikage is. She has had a rough go at life, but she still manages to stay strong reading nigh her really appeals to the readers sympathetic side. Mikage appears to be a excellent girl who has just been unlucky lately. Fortunately, when Yoichi comes into her life, she starts to open up more and realize that she is not alone. He struck just the right note, neither insentient nor oppressively kind. It made me warm up to him ( Yoshimoto, pg. 11). Another thing about Mikage is that she is a fighter, and re aders see that towards the end of the story, she fights for what she wants. At the beginning of this book Mikage is very guarded and lonely, but as the book progresses she becomes less guarded and more open to people who care about her. At the end of the book, Mikage becomes the one who comforts Yoichi, when his mom passes away. She becomes the center of his support system.