Character Analysis Of Natsuo In Mori Yoko's 'Spring Storm'

Many women find that their mothers have the greatest influence on their lives and the way their strengths and weaknesses come together. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, the lives of four Chinese mothers and their Chinese-American daughters are followed through vignettes about their upbringings and interactions. One of the mothers, An-Mei Hsu, grows up away from her mother who has become the 4th wife of a rich man; An-Mei is forced to live with her grandmother once her mother is banned from the house, but eventually reunites and goes to live in the man’s house with her mother. Her daughter, Rose, has married an American man, Ted, but their marriage begins to end as he files for divorce; Rose becomes depressed and unsure what to do, despite

Ann felt eager challenged, her desires for Steven were appearing without her awareness. There was no thought or motive, no understanding of herself as the knowledge persisted. Their marriage has neither communication nor happiness, cause by the conflict of Ann vs herself.

So when Sourdi started dating the boy their family had hired to wash dishes at their restaurant, Duke, Nea never considered him to be a “fork in the road, dividing [Nea’s] life with Sourdi from Sourdi’s life with men” (Chai 84). Nea underestimated Sourdi and Duke’s relationship and overestimated her and Sourdi’s bond. Soon enough, their mother caught on and ended up firing Duke, but Duke and Sourdi continued to fall in love with each other. Nea wasn’t surprised that Duke, the “funny-looking white kid”, fell in love with her sister (Chai 84). Sourdi is so beautiful that she had some beauty to spare and Nea would sometimes pretend that she was beautiful too. Where Sourdi was smooth, Nea had angles; where Sourdi was soft, Nea had bone (Chai 84). Sourdi is reserved and calm in contrast to Nea who is quite outspoken and rigid. Regardless of their differences, Sourdi and Nea remained close; that was until Sourdi was arranged to be married to a much older gentleman, Mr. Chhay, at the tender age of eighteen.

The main character in “Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage” is Ellen. Ellen was learning to adapt Chinese culture from her husband and his family without charge mental and with love. She proved that love is unconditional, unlikely people can live together and be happy as long as they adjust themselves to each other and accepted how he or she is.

As Nea interacts with the other characters, she is always brash and rarely takes the time to understand their side of a situation. In many cases, she lies to manipulate people and her situation to achieve her selfish goals. Nea fakes her remorse about attacking the customer just to please her sister: “I was glad I’d stabbed that man. I was only crying because life was so unfair.” (72) When Nea needs to find a way to Sourdi’s home she lies to Duke about the severity of the situation because she knows deep down that it is not as bad as she wants to believe. If Sourdi was in trouble, it would ultimately mean that Nea could get her sister back. Nea fabricates this story to make up for the loss she felt when Sourdi moved on and abandoned her. She would rather believe that it was someone else who caused her sister to mature and move on than to believe it was her own fault or that

When Nat’s father told him he had to go to school, Nat ran away. He eventually ran into Hannah Tupper. She showed him love and gave him strength to go to his father and take the punishment. Nat has visited Hannah ever since and provides gifts and materials for Hannah as his love to her. Nat would cut Hannah’s grass and fix her roof. He help her out with other things also. When Hannah needed it most, Nat took her to saybrook to live with his grandmother to protect Hannah from the People of wethersfield. Nat showed his love to Hannah even though Hannah did not require him to do anything.

Television psychologists and pop culture self-help gurus tell us that marriage is hard work; marriage is compromise; marriage is a choice between being right, and being happy. All of these statements are true. What these experts don’t tell us, however, is that marriage is also about putting on blinders, or looking on the bright side, or one of a hundred other trite phrases to explain the art of self-deception. In marriage, there are times when we may find it necessary to look the other way from our spouse’s faults or indiscretions, in the interest of self-preservation. For if we examine these problems too closely, our darkest, most secret fears may come true. Therefore, it can seem easier to focus on the positive. In her poem “Surprise,” Jane Kenyon uses denial, selective perception, and fear of betrayal to illustrate the self-deception that can occur in marriage.

For the sake of the family and for herself, Nathalie knew that she had to find a way to work and support her children without Julius. Nathalie’s skills in sewing inspired her to turn the living room, into a small garment shop. With Nathalie's skills in sewing, she made dresses for other German women in the neighborhood. Nathalie survived these rough times with determination and hard work and was able to be the sole provider for her children. After living a life of unexpected events, such as her husband’s disappearance, Nathalie’s life took yet another turn. However, this time it was a positive turn. Years after Julius' disappearance, Nathalie was sent a letter that stated that she inherited $600 from her husband. Julius Gumpertz was never found and the family used the money

Written by Mishima Yukio, ‘Onnagata’ is a short story not so common among Japanese literature. It uncovered love relationships between three male characters: Masuyama, Mangiku and Kawasaki. Besides the story, Mishima was a controversial influencer given his ‘homosexual past’, and there were a lot of debates regarding the homosexual contents as well as their influences in Japanese literatures. Although his sexual orientation remained as a myth even until today, but he indeed tried to hide his sentiments toward homosexual relationship in two different layers inside this story. The upper layer is the conflicts between Japanese and western influences and the bottom layer is our human nature—fear.

and eventually Boy cheated on her. As the neglect grew, so did his guilt. When

Nath began his love for space when his mother left. “For the first time in a month, he forgot, for a moment, about his mother. Up there—eighty-five miles high, ninety, ninety-five, the counter said—everything on earth would be invisible (Ng 133).” To Nath space was a symbol of escape. When he was thinking of space he did not have to think of the happenings on earth or deal with his mother’s absence. To Nath space was a safe haven, but to James space was a wedge between himself and Nath. At one point during the story James even yells at Nath for his discussion of space. After this incident, Nath started to keep his space thoughts to himself and would not share them. I believe that Nath became a symbol of Marilyn, and what she wanted to do when she ran away. She wanted to be in a different place and ignore all of the responsibilities that she still

Depressing. Downhearted. Sorrowful. This is what society would be like without learning from the past for the purpose of creating prosperous outcomes. Through faith we learn from our past to grow our communications in the spirit for a hopeful future by being compassionate and gracious.

can to keep him happy. It is inferred that she isn’t very happy in her marriage through phrases

71) She believes that if her strong independent side is shown to her husband he will find

The Tale of Genji is a captivating story about an “ideal” man, who is in search of the nonexistent “perfect” woman. Throughout his quest, Genji faces many conflicting ideas, such as lust versus love and hopes versus reality. The main character, Genji, is an ideal man, because of his great looks and high social status resulting from his mother and the emperor’s relationship. Genji is also very talented in the arts, which should help him find a lover due to the courting style of the era. Though he has a lot going for him, Genji consistently finds himself disappointed in the women that he meets along his path for the “perfect” woman.