Yasunari Kawabata Essays

“Their Beauty Has More Meaning,” written by Robinson Jeffers is seventeen lines that all flow with admiration for nature. Jeffers introduced the poem solemnly with the title referring to a their, leaving the audience wondering to whom Jeffers is referring to. Throughout the poem, Jeffers focuses on five forces: storms, the moon, the ocean, dawn, and the birds. There are certain words that are structured differently to show emphasis and the importance of these words to the author. After carefully

Sinking into Corruption: An Analysis of Ryuji and Japan's Progressive Westernization as Reflected Through the Imagery of the Setting The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima explores notions of deceptive innocence of children through a thirteen-year-old boy, Noboru, as well as the intricately intertwined/woven (?) relationship between traditional Japan and the West, embodied by Ryuji and Fusako respectively. Written after World War II by an extremely patriotic

In Masaji Ishikawa's historical memoir A River In Darkness, he recounts his life in North Korea. Ishikawa witnessed many horrors during his life there, driving him to escape. Ishikawa is beaten, abused, and given impossible orders by the North Korean state. These conditions cause him to attempt suicide and then run from North Korea. Humans would rather die than fight when circumstances are oppressively dire. In A River In Darkness, Masaji Ishikawa's thoughts reveal how a human would instead jump

Thesis: Kawabata uses the motif of windows and mirrors in relation to Shimamura infatuation with Yoko and Komako to highlight the fantasy derived from the Japanese patriarchal society that oppresses women into rigid gender roles to entertain the men who perpetuate it. Shimamura’s constant observation of Yoko through reflective surfaces highlights how young girls’ naivete is exploited to fit the male-dominated view of the oppressive society they live in. While Shimamura is on a train “into the

The Importance of Cultural Value in Moon of the Crusted Snow In the world where individualism and self-interest often take centre stage, power and resilience originally founded through communal values are forgotten. The novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice explores the cooperation of an Anishinaabe community in northern Ontario during the chaos as they experience power outage and increasing violence and crime. The novel highlights that collaboration and shared values among the community

The following excerpt “from snow falling on cedars” takes place in an American relocation camp shortly after the attack on the pearl harbor in 1941. This story has some key aspects in it such as letting go of your young ones, coming of age and roles that you must take on with new age and lastly the differences between ethnicity. Fujiko and Hatsue Imada are placed in an American relocation camp, while they are in there Hatsue is interacting with an American boy named Ishmael chambers. They would

Colton Bonner Mrs. Groff ELA 8, Pd. 6/7 7 March 2023 Analysis of “Casey at Bat” “Casey at Bat”, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is a poem about a baseball game that is nearing completion and they need their best player to get a hit to win the game. Thayer uses imagery, similes, and word choice to help express the hopes of the crowd in Mudville. First, Ernest used imagery to describe the scene at the game. He states, “So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat…” (Thayer 17)

The contrast between appearance and reality exists in the world, and remains extremely prominent in literature. Irony exists in literature to show this differing perspective of reality, while foreshadow gives the reader minor hints at what the author actually plans to happen at the end. Symbolism usually appears in literature when an author gives an item a deeper meaning than the actual meaning. All play a crucial role in the creation of the highly-entertaining and highly-regarded short story, “The

Although India’s prosperity seems to be rising quite well, poverty is still evident in some parts of the country. The documentary, Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids, is one that shows the living conditions of the people who live in the red light district. Filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman direct it, although the first person point of view is seen from Briski’s perspective. To get a more intimate look into what it is like to live in the red light district of India, a special group

In Chopin’s The Awakening, symbols are extremely prevalent as a form of conveying a message or driving a point. The use of a symbol allows for individual interpretation which is important for this novel seeing as different understandings of Edna Pontellier’s actions do occur. More specifically, the symbol concerning the ocean and Edna learning to swim within it is significant for readers. This symbol is one which signifies momentous occasions for Edna such as improvements to her lifestyle or major

Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s play, The Love Suicides at Amijima explores the disgrace of Jihei and Koharu’s misbegotten romance, the underlying conflict of hidden innuendos aimed at the Japanese social class and the sense of honor and duty formed between two women from seemingly different backgrounds. In order to fully understand these themes, the reader must take into account the societal and familial structure placed upon individuals in Osaka, Japan during the 1720s. Within this culture, from birth

Through the use of imagery, Yasunari Kawabata creates a still, quiet, and serene atmosphere in his short story ¨Girl Who Approached the Fire.¨ The story starts with the description of a lake: ¨The water of the lake glittered in the distance. It was the color of a stagnant spring in an old garden on a moonlit evening¨ (para. 1). The description of the lake compares its color to that of a static time unaffected by the world. Kawabata´s diction in the second sentence engenders the image of stillness

loosen up and show who really they are and what they are feeling. Like Sayoko, she always follow her husband, she always doing the things what her husband wants and letting herself to hide what she really wants. In this story, we could analyse that Yasunari messages us that a girl is very fragile, that every girl is very weak to show her emotions and afraid to fight what she wants. During the times when Sayoko was abused by her husband, she did not fight to him, rather she let him to abuse her. She

Hypermasculinity is a huge aspect of each piece of literature and film that we read and watched in class. The men in these portrayals are often time shown as nonrealistic versions of men and driven purely by sexual desire, vengeance, power and greed. With this idea of hypermasculinity, the women that are shown in the literature that we have read are often made to be submissive, ‘innocent’, pure and are taught how to be silent in the presence of a male, putting their needs and dreams on the backburner

The Norton Introduction To Literature by Kelly J. Mays is a book comprised of several different narratives. These narratives all had their own uniqueness to them, but shared certain themes. The Anthology is a compendium of various works by different authors. This book helped us learn about the many different elements of literature that are used throughout these stories. Of the numerous elements taught to us throughout the book, the narration, symbolism, and conflict helped make comparing and contrasting

“I will refuse to mourn, because I was dying to live” (Ting 168). This quote from Gifts by Shu Ting identifies the theme of life that many writers of his time felt. He is expressing, through a metaphorical poem, how important it is to accept the pain and sadness that this world may contain, without heartbreak, so that we may fulfill our dreams in life. Especially after the effects of the Cultural Revolution, he wanted his people to stop being afraid. Shu Ting was born in China and was one of the

Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country (1956) is a Japanese novel based on the sense of loss, entrapment and the complexity of human emotions. In the novel, the author uses the omniscient third person, highlighting the male protagonist, Shimamura’s point of view. This narrative technique is one of the primary methods used to convey the themes of wasted beauty, isolation, unfulfilled love and transience, by being of a “stream of consciousness” nature. This narrative mode takes the form of an interior monologue

advocated. In terms of poetry, translated foreign poems led to a “new-style” poetry movement. Authors such as Natsume Soseki had been educated in Germany and Britain, which led to their literary works being influenced by those countries. In 1968, Kawabata Yasunari became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and in the last few years, works by the outstanding postwar-generation writers such as Haruki Murakami, Yoshimoto Banana have also gained

scenes, the horse race, and the final confrontation are so elaborate that still look stunning, after all these years. 16. The Sound of the Mountain (Mikio Naruse, 1954) The film is adapted from the homonymous novel by Nobel Prize winner author Yasunari Kawabata, and is Naruse's favorite work. Suichi, a successful entrepreneur leaves with his wife, Kikuko and his parents, Shingo and Yasuko. Kikuko is an exemplary wife and takes care of her husband's parents, but Shuichi has a mistress. When Shingo learns

"This has got to be, patently, the most unbelievable, the most ridiculous story I have ever heard," remarks the narrator and protagonist of Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase, almost as if aware of the fantastical interweaves within the otherwise realistic, believable novel. In many of his works, Murakami has adopted this signature style of portraying the unbelievable and far-fetched in realistic settings, and is one of numerous writers and artists to have done so throughout the years. This technique