Some say that the middle east is the home of Christianity, but they started to experience persecution and discrimination. During the 1600's persecutions of Christians in the middle east was a major problem during that time. They had to practice their faith in secret because if it was found out that they were practicing Christianity they would be persecuted. There were many attacks against these Christians. All Christian communities were falling apart because they had a high rate of emigration. Still to this day Christianity is a very rare religion in the middle east. I feel like Shūsaku endō felt that they were being done wrong because he said in the book "True religion should be able to respond to the dark melodies, the faulty and hideous
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Shūsaku said that“Desolation would not be the proper word to describe his feelings now; it was more the sense of emptiness he imagined he might feel standing all alone on the surface of the moon.” I feel like hes trying to explain how Rodrigues had felt while he spent his time during the missioanry I Japan. There are many themes throughout the story. One could be west versus east. Shūsaku try's to show the difference between western Christianity and the east. He really goes in depth about japan. He tells us how that Christianity could not grow roots in Japan because he compared it to a swamp. When the missionary's came to spread the word of god the people didn’t understand the meaning of Christianity like the missionary's did. Another theme could be Atheism. When Rodrigues confronts the difficulties of his life in Japan. He views the suffering all around him, he comes to questions the existence of the God he has always taken as a fact. He starts to doubt God, as he realizes that if there is no God, that him and all of the Christians around him have been worshiping a non-existent God. This story contains many more themes through out the novel. I believe that Endō was trying to tell the world how bad the Christians had it and why they wanted to o spread
Shūsaku said that“Desolation would not be the proper word to describe his feelings now; it was more the sense of emptiness he imagined he might feel standing all alone on the surface of the moon.” I feel like hes trying to explain how Rodrigues had felt while he spent his time during the missioanry I Japan. There are many themes throughout the story. One could be west versus east. Shūsaku try's to show the difference between western Christianity and the east. He really goes in depth about japan. He tells us how that Christianity could not grow roots in Japan because he compared it to a swamp. When the missionary's came to spread the word of god the people didn’t understand the meaning of Christianity like the missionary's did. Another theme could be Atheism. When Rodrigues confronts the difficulties of his life in Japan. He views the suffering all around him, he comes to questions the existence of the God he has always taken as a fact. He starts to doubt God, as he realizes that if there is no God, that him and all of the Christians around him have been worshiping a non-existent God. This story contains many more themes through out the novel. I believe that Endō was trying to tell the world how bad the Christians had it and why they wanted to o spread