Anshu Dark Sorrows Analysis

“ I guess we come to this world lonely and spend our lives struggling against it. We must cry for ourselves sometimes. We may have everything in life and still it isn’t satisfying.” (Kono p.4921) -Anshu Dark Sorrows by Juliet S. Kono tells a story of a woman from Kaiwiki, Hawaii. This young woman is Himiko Aoki, who at a young age was faced with life tragedies of losing a father and a lover. And due to her pregnancy was sent to Japan to live with her relatives to save her family shame. There she lived with Shiichi Uncle and Haure Auntie’s family. While living at their house Himiko experiences the lifestyle of poverty and loneliness. Constantly being mistreated by Harue Aunty, Himiko felt like an outsider both from her family and society. Yet in the midst of poverty and loneliness, Himiko was able to give birth a healthy daughter, Sumie. But due to the hardships brought by the war Himiko’s imperfect world of …show more content…
Anshu: Dark Sorrows illustrates the different hardships of a young woman who has faced all sorts of troubles of life that has allowed her to mature to the person she has become. Life’s challenges not only teaches a lesson but strengthen us emotionally, mentally and physically. May it be Himiko, Shiichi Uncle, Hamada-san, or even Sumie, we learn that throughout out life, our troubles molds us. If we face marriage problems like Hamada-san and Mrs. Ogawa, we should remain graceful in the eyes of the public and true to our faith. And if we lose our way like Setsuko, we should always find our way back. And finally to be like Himiko. Life could seem perfect yet in the midst of perfection, imperfection can change everything. Perfection becomes a long life of struggles and loneliness. And as we cry in each of our imperfection we cry out slowly our weakness. Like a faucet washing them away so we could be a stronger, more compassionate human