Kitchen

A detailed Summary of Kitchen

All people deal with death in different ways. In this story, Mikage has to deal with death her whole life. In her life everyone close to her dies, first her parents when she was young, then her grandfather when she was a young teenager, her grandmother when she was in college, then lastly her best friend and mentor Eriko. The first two deaths did not affect her as much because she was young and did not realize the ramifications of death. The last two deaths changed her life drastically. These deaths made Mikage grow up and learn to be alone dealing with death by herself.

Mikage never had a chance to become close with her parents. When they died her grandparents took her into there home and raised her the best they could. When her Grandfather died she was older but still to young to really be affected by his death. Her grandmother and Mikage then became very close. They had each other and no one else. Mikage whole life was her grandmother, and the kitchen is where they came together and enjoyed each other company. When her grandmother died Mikage was very distraught and really had nowhere to go. The best way for her to cope with her passing was to go into the kitchen and remember the life she had. When sh

e couldn't sleep she would lay next to the refrigerator. This put her to sleep. When she laid here it was like the fridge was keeping her company. Helping her to cope with being alone. After her grandmothers death Mikage was taking in by Yuichi and his transsexual mother Eriko. Mikage became very close to them they became her second family. It was a rebirth of her life. Mikage actually had someone to be with her. Becoming very close to Eriko. Eriko became her best friend and mentor. When Eriko died Mikage had to yet go through another rebirth. Eriko was very close with Eriko. Eriko was Mikage's mentor and best friend. Eriko helped Mikage through a time in her life when she felt alone having nowhere to go. When Eriko was murdered Mikage again felt like she was alone. The way Mikage felt is best described by this quote from the book. "From the bottom of my heart I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying that tomorrow would come, and the day after tomorrow, and so next week, too." This line tells me that Mikage was again distraught and felt she had nowhere to go. Mikage then turned to Yuichi, which was Eriko's son. Yuichi and Mikage falling in love helped her to deal with death. The love was mutual but was secondary to the death of Eriko. Mikage felt like she took Eriko for granted. Now she doesn't have anyone to be there the way Eriko was. Mikage has been through a lot. She's lost almost everyone that she has ever cared for. The things that Mikage had to go through were almost too much for someone at her age to deal with. Every time someone died she bounce back with renewed enthusiasm on life. She was forced to cope with death every time g

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Approximate Word count = 1141
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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