Shusaku Endo

Thought Communication in The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Wonderful Fool      In the novels The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, by Yukio Mishima, and Wonderful Fool, by Shusaku Endo, the authors write in a way which allows the characters to speak directly to the reader through thoughts. This device lets the reader know exactly what the character is experiencing. Mishima and Endo's use of direct thought communication proves to be a beneficial aspect that aids the

character of Gaston Bonaparte in Shusaku Endo's Wonderful Fool. Gaston realizes that "I'm a fool ... a weakling!" and that his mental capacities are somewhat limited (Endo 179). He is not offended when he is patronized; rather he is quite accustomed to it. He is described as ". . . a coward, a simpleton, who had gone from one failure to the next. . . . From the time he was a child Gaston too had always been laughed at and made fun of by his brothers and friends" (Endo 73). His friends also nicknamed

Everyone believes in something or someone to a certain extent. That extent is revealed when consequences are laid out on the table. In the intriguing novel Silence, by Shusaku Endo, the pathway of the Jesuit priest, Sebastian Rodriguez, is followed as he embarks to Japan during the height of the country's persecution of Christians in the 1600s to perform missionary work. One of his goals for this trip was to find out why one of his old teachers renounced their faith after being captured and tortured

The “Outsider” in Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Wonderful Fool    The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea  Wonderful Fool   In designing the characters in a novel, frequently, an author includes a character who finds himself on the outside of the accepted society. This outsider character often finds himself at a disadvantage. The mere fact that he is unfamiliar in his society tends to create problems for the character to solve. After solving these problems, the character leaves

whom faces a troubling personal crisis. By exploring the depth of the human need to understand ourselves and our purpose in life, Endo illuminates his appreciation of the workings of grace from a God present in the sufferings of humanity. Endo delves deep into the human condition through his characters that reflect the complex individuals and personalities we are. Endo examines the moral dilemmas facing each character and portrays a clear picture of the river and its deep significance. With the

Silence by Endo Shusaku is portrayed from a cultural and religious suffering during the 1600s in Japan. The whole trip is carried out with a missionary enthusiasm for the hidden Christians of Japan but also for a personal curiosity to confirm if the stories of Priest Ferreira's apostasy was real. During his missionary trip, Rodriguez felt like his visit was a bringer of suffering rather then to bring the gospel in Japan. The supposed triumphant missionary trip in God’s name has arose demise of the

Throughout the novel Silence by Endo Shusaku, the letters by Sebastian Rodrigues show the experience of a foreign priest in Japan as he is trying to do is rightful duty as priest while risking his life. This period, Edo Japan, prohibited practice of Christianity and included the death of those caught in practice. Rodrigues does secret baptisms and listens to people’s confessions but constantly in fear of being discovered. Silence was satisfying as a historical novel because the themes portrayed throughout

victimization of the minor characters. Two excellent examples of minor characters that impact the major characters of the novels due to the minor characters being victimized is Nacha in Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and Monica in Silence by Shusaku Endo. Father Rodrigues met Monica for the first time shortly after he has been betrayed by Kichijiro. From the first time that Father Rodrigues encountered Monica, she

religious faiths or races, and often have been met with silence from their God. The holocaust is perhaps the most well-known example of a religious group being persecuted without any protection from the God that they worship and seek protection from. In Shusaku Endo’s book Silence, he writes of another example of religious persecution, this time focusing on the Japanese eliminating Christianity. When religious people face suffering they can often be faced with a horrible dilemma: What 's more important,

(Endo, pg. 57) A third example of this unending silence can be seen when the Japanese officials are transporting Father Rodrigues to Yokose-no-Ura. Upon learning of their destination, Father Rodrigues begins searching for the Jesuit church that was erected years before. After being unable to locate the church from his position in the boat, Father Rodrigues asks for the guard to point out its location and is told, “there is nothing left of it” (Endo, pg. 102). Following the