![]() ![]() Years before, Miss Kenton worked as the housekeeper at Darlington Hall, before she married and moved away. At the suggestion of his employer, Stevens drives the household car to Cornwall, where he plans to meet with one of his few friends, Miss Kenton. ![]() We meet Stevens as he is about to embark on the first vacation he has ever taken in his entirely life. Never in the history of the world has anyone sought, studied, and conformed to a role the way Stevens does with his performance as butler at Darlington Hall. But I think if anyone told Stevens, the protagonist of Kazuo Ishiguro’s fascinating novel The Remains of the Day, that he knew his place, he would be pleased as Punch. It’s so often used to stop people from striving for self-actualization and fulfillment, especially for women and people of color. ![]() The phrase “to know one’s place” never fails to raise my hackles. ![]()
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