Yasunari Kawabata

The narrator of An Artist of the Floating World is none other than Masuji Ono. A once renowned Japanese artist with somewhat high prestige, he retires into a small town in Japan after the Second World War (the novel is during 1948-1949), where he lives in the previous home of a wealthy noble that he attained through an “eccentric procedure”. While preparing for his youngest daughter’s marriage arrangements (her second time for the first one fell through), he begins to acknowledge that some of his

When everything is going wrong have you wanted to give up? Did you feel scared and want to cry? Well in Keko and Akira went through hard time but they never gave up. Nobody Knows by Shelley Tanaka, a fiction novel and When my name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park a ficanal novel. In the book When My Name was Keoko. Keoko had to change her name because the taliban were taking over. In the book Nobody knows Akia mother left for no reason and he had to take care of his siblings all by himself. When characters

Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea is the story of a dysfunctional and emotionally disconnected family that tries to maintain tradition in post-Occupation Japan. Fusako’s body allows Mishima to establish women as the instrument to deliver new ideologies as they are the most receptive and through the resulting violence, explain the dangers of westernization in post-Occupation Japan. On Fusako’s body, there are layers of clothing and these help Mishima demonstrate the difficulty

Yukio Mishima starts with his birth and family backgrounds in this chapter, and grab me as a reader into “his” five years old inside activities unconsciously. “His” eager for men and death are the two key components of “his” five years old inside world. Mishima used his fantasy five years old stories as a mask to confess his sexual orientation and his mania about death. During old days, homosexual were considered to be against the traditional and suffered from unfair treatments. Mishima born and

In the Lake of the Woods The book In the Lake of the Woods was originally published in 1994 by the author named Tim O’Brien. This novel is a very mysterious novel with no ending towards the book and it only leads you on to believe what you think happened. This story is full of all types of different themes like insecurities and trauma. The setting of this story takes place in a place called “Lake of the Woods” between Minnesota and the border of Canada. The main Characters are John Wade and Kathy

“Dogs and Demons” by Alex Kerr tells the story of the tumbling of modern Japan. It tells the tale of Japan’s malaise since 1990, combining a study of the financial world, the bureaucracy, and culture, to get at the roots of Japan's modern troubles. Published in 2001 after six years of research, this book describes the unfortunate circumstances that Japan has fallen over the past decade, in the viewpoint of a foreigner who has been residing in Japan for more than 35 years. Since this book is heavily

The Effects of the Natural Environment The use of the natural environment allows the readers to capture the essence of a work through the display of the seasons, sea, weather, and the land. The novel, The Sound of Waves, presents a case of two young lovers from the rural, simplistic fishing island of Uta-Jima. As the novel progresses, the young lovers face multiple struggles that are resolved towards the end of the work. Commonly used in The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima employs the sea to display

Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea is set in the backdrop of post-war Japan, which at the time faced a period of serious turmoil. Subsequent to World War II, the Japanese encountered food shortages and homelessness in addition to a relinquishment of their cultural identity as western influence increased. In The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Mishima demonstrates his personal views towards the westernization of Japan. In the novel, Mishima characterizes Fusako Kuroda

Have you ever heard the story of the Grasshopper and the Ant? It goes something like this: In the shimmering sunlight of the summertime, a Grasshopper sits on a warm stone, chirping, singing, joyous. Not so far away, an Ant hauls an ear of corn to it's home, in preparation for winter. And winter comes. The Grasshopper, now not so joyous, goes to the Ant, begging, pleading for help, only to be rebuked by the Ant. The Grasshopper cries: "But I sung all summer!" To which the Ant replies: "Ah, and perhaps

Kiyuna grandchildren will not be what others say they are. They will be able to overcome the naysayers and beat all the odds that are against them. They will be productive to this country. Her grandchildren just need to remember these important facts that will take them far in life. They will need to be respectful, hardworking, and studious. First of all, Kiyuna’s grandchildren will need to be respectful. The most important will need to be self-respect. Her grandchildren must have self-confidence