Yasunari Kawabata

The Ignorance of Love All throughout “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” by Yasunari Kawabata, a recurring theme continues to present itself. It is found heavily entwined within the literary components in the story and it is almost directly stated. When examined closely, practically every piece of this story represents support for the common theme. Through the use of the main literary components of setting, character, point of view, and symbolism, the major theme that love can be ignorant can

The novel Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata exposes the emerging movement from tradition to westernization in post-war Japan. Kawabata enriches his novel with a variety of intricate relationships between children and their parents, exposing how the loss of tradition begins at home. Ironically, Kawabata then depicts how even teachers of tradition manipulate it with their hate and jealousy to achieve their sinister motives, tainting the new generation’s knowledge of tradition and thus moving them

In his novel, Snow Country, Yasunari Kawabata traces a young rich man named Shimamura and his involvement with women who reside in Japan’s snow country. Kawabata notes the existence of the Japanese institution of geisha. Geishas are a long standing tradition of Japan dating back to the eighteenth century at a young age, girls learn to become entertainers and social companions that engage their clients in conversation and their perfected dance, music, and ceremonies. Along with geisha, a recurring

The story snow country by “Yasunari Kawabata, is written in third person point of view by the protagonist named Shimamura. Snow country is a tale of love affairs, the story is about Shimamura, a westernized upper- class man of Tokyo would leave his wife and kids in Tokyo. To makes a series of visit to a hot springs town resort in snow country japan. While on the train, Shimamura was taken by a girl beauty; named Yoko.she was with a sick person named yukio. He develops a relationship with a girl

bonds between humans and either animals or other people. One of the texts was Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect by de Waal. The second text was When Mr.Pirzada Came to Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri. Lastly, The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket by Yasunari Kawabata. People form bonds by mimicry, a common fear, and observation or memories. The first text, Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect, showed several bonds being formed. The main bond in this short story was formed by the mimicry of one another

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

Yukio Mishima’s novel The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, represents the conflicts between pre-WW2 Japan and post-WW2 Japan, the author constructs the novel with characters whose lives are pulled into conflicting directions that portray the changing culture of Japan during that era. In the novel Fusako, the mother of Noboru and the girlfriend of Ryuji, is a woman who is caught up by conflicts, that many post-WWII Japanese women would face, which take place in her life and are direct cause

In The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima creates an exquisite story which has strong idealistic and mythic features. Although Mishima writes of young love and tranquility in The Sound of Waves, his later works are categorized as aggressive and containing violent sexual actions. Even Mishima himself referred to The Sound of Waves as "that great joke on the public" (qtd. in Ishiguro 385). However, one cannot compare this novel to Mishima’s other literary pieces; in order to classify it as romanticized

Kingyo (which means “goldfish” in Japanese) is a short film by the Malaysian filmmaker Edmund Yeo. It is based on Yasunari Kawabata’s 1924 short story “Canaries”. He’s previous efforts, which include short films like "Chicken rice mystery", "Fleeting images" and "Love suicides" showcased his talent effectively.While in "Kingyo", his first Japanese language short film, it’s clearly visible that he has only taken his talent in the forward direction. The film, which wonderfully depicts love, loss and

his imperfections by intoxicating himself and engaging in lustful affairs, but ultimately the cycle of shame continues. Ignoring or hiding from the world is not a sufficient escape from the shame associated with one’s identity. I will argue that Kawabata uses the art of subtle cues in order to convey that shame can be transferred, and shame must be confronted directly to overcome vulnerabilities