SerranoNotes+-+Remains+of+the+Day+-+Review+Quiz++1

Quiz #1 – Uli Kaulfuß (+ à Keys) > à major character, dignified, perfect butler, working on Darlington Hall, workerhollic > à 2nd protagonist, good working but able to separate privat/working life/ marries Mr Benn later, turning-person > à former owner of Darlington Hall, Steven’s master, German-Sympathizer > à later ower of Darlington Hall, after death of L. Darlington. Easygoing American gentleman, master of Stevens > à symbolized the perfect servant for Stevens Jr./ worked all over the world/ old and sick/ Hayes Society > à Darlingtons godson, journalist, other opinion than Lord Darlington, died in Belgium > à Reginalds father + Lord Darlingtons friend, supporter of appeasement politics > à the books series, Stevens like to read and that let him be nostalgically looking at his past; also describes the landscape > à treaty that symbolized the end of WWI (in connection with a lot of restrictions for Germany) > à doctor who takes care of Stevens’ father when he has been sick and finally died
 * 1) Stevens
 * 1) Miss Kenton
 * 1) Lord Darlington
 * 1) Mr. Farraday
 * 1) Stevens's father
 * 1) Mr. Reginald Cardinal
 * 1) Sir David Cardinal
 * 1) The Wonder of England
 * 1) Treaty of Versailles
 * 1) Dr. Meredith

Plot Questions: > à Early 1920s - 1956 > à criticism on society, duty, self-justice, dignity, waste of time > à In all three of his books the protagonist looks back on his or her life, trying to assess the events that have shaped it. / criticism on the society/ humour > à To defend the Germans / to allay the circumstances of the treaty of Versailles/ principles of the appeasement politics > à Community of Butlers, becoming a part of it, is Stevens’ biggest goal, and therefore defines his whole life./ makes him wasting other desirable parts of life Quotation-identification:
 * 1) What time period does the story take place in?
 * 1) What are the cornerstones of the structure of the plot?
 * 1) What is at least one characteristic of the author: Kazuo Ishiguro?
 * 1) What was the intension of the conference meeting at Darlington Hall?
 * 1) What is the Hayes Society and what influence does it has on Mr. Stevens Jr.?

“He was my enemy.' he was saying, 'but he always behaved like a gentleman. We treated each other decently over six months of shelling each other. He was a gentleman doing his job and I bore him no malice. I said to him: "Look here, we're enemies now and I'll fight you with all I've got. But when this wretched business is over, we don’t have to be enemies any more and we'll have a drink together." Wretched thing is, this treaty is making a liar out of me. I mean to say, I told him we wouldn't be enemies once it was all over. But how can I look him in the face and tell him that's turned out to be true?” à Lord Darlington says this about his German opponent (Herr Bremann) in WW I. Shows that Lord Darlington really was a noble personality and explains why he is sympathizing the Nazis.

Essay-Question: A) What is the effect of Miss Kenton on Mr. Stevens? à she messes up his ordinary and ordered life/ wins his heart, but not able to win his head/ she is s.th. like the personification of the turning point