Kawabata Part 2 Summary
In the beginning of Part II, scene starts off with Shimamura observing a moth. This small scene seems to be insignificant to the rest of the book as it was only a page long. During this scene, Shimamura notices one specific moth on the window screen; “The moth did not move. He struck at it with his fist, and it fell like a leaf from a tree, floating lightly up midway to the ground” (Kawabata 90). As he stares at the moths, he wonders if it is alive or not. To confirm his belief, he hits the screen and the moth falls off. The way Kawabata described the way the moth fell shows how delicate the insect is. He describes the moth’s fall as a leaf falling off a tree. When a leaf falls from a tree, it falls silently and gracefully. The moth is fragile, so delicate its path can be easily moved by …show more content…
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