When
looking up world news in Japan, I came across an article about an earthquake.
It showed that in Japan there was a large earthquake that hit and injured twenty
two people. The article talks about how it was a 6.3 quake. When reading this
article I thought about the book we are reading in world literature. It is
called, “The Waiting Years” written by Fumiko Enchi. In this book it discusses
emotions and how in Japan people have different emotions, however emotions are
universal. In the book the characters express their emotions differently. The
wife is going out to look for a “maid” for her husband, someone who he would
enjoy to look at and be with. This shows that the wife has to be strong willed.
Along with this the there are concubines in this book. It shows an emotion for
us while reading it and learning about new culture. This effects different
cultures when reading the book, some will have a stronger emotional connection,
while others might feel sad for these wives.
The
main thing I picked out while reading this book was emotion and how emotion is
universal, yet each culture has its own type. When the main character talks
about concubines and looking for maids for her husband she keeps her emotion
inside. In different countries threw out the world it would be bad to show that
type of emotion. I think that Fumiko Enchi wants people to understand the
culture difference along with the emotional difference. When I found the
article about the earthquake in Japan I thought about how Japan is affected by
it, but so are the other countries. When a disaster hits some where everyone is
willing to help out. This shows that the emotion of a disaster will be
universal allowing everyone to help out.
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