The Remains of the Day | Social Concerns/Themes
The first of Ishiguro's novels to center on English characters, The Remains of the Day has many similarities to his earlier works concerned with Japanese characters. Like them, Stevens the butler is loyal to a fault, unquestioning of those in higher social circles than he, and less concerned with the moral and philosophical than the pragmatic. His service to Lord Darlington over a period of many years has made him an unthinking accessory to the now-disgraced appeasement policies of his employer prior to World War II.
The Remains of the Day also asks what life should...
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