Higuchi Ichiyo 1872-1896
"Separate Ways" Page 907-913
Okyo and Kichizo have a brother/sister relationship.
The boy is feeling lost and does not know who his mother and father is. He feels that he is better off dying now.- 909
He is hopeful that someday he will run into his mother and father and want to live longer.
Kichizo gets upset because people that he likes in his life are always leaving. Granny at the umbrella shop died of palsy; Kinu threw herself into a well; Okyo is now leaving him.
Kichizo is very disappointed and upset with Okyo. She took a job to be a mistress, hearing this he breaks off their relationship.
Hi Patrick!
ReplyDeleteI have to comment on something else of yours and this is the first thing that came up. What did you think about all of the losses and deaths that Kichizo had to suffer? How do you think this shaped the story? How did you like the ending? Do you think that he killed himself after his friend leaves or do yo think that she will stay?