Tears Of Autumn By Yoshiko Uchida

The short story “Tears Of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida is a very interesting short story and the theme impacts the story a lot. The main character Hana Omiya turned against her family and family, and steps out of her physical and mental comfort zone. The theme of the story is taking lots of risks. She does not listen to her mom and gets a ticket for a ship ride to America thinking that it will change her life from boring to exciting. Also, she trusts herself with taking a chance that the person she is supposed to marry is and looks as he says. She does not know this man, but trust her consents that he will be right for her. Throughout the story, Hana keeps on pushing herself and does not listen to anyone except herself; in the story, it states, “Oji San, perhaps I should go to America to make this lonely …show more content…
That person could be a complete stranger and be the opposite of what he said he would be. Hana encounters this emotion and event, in the story it shows, “He removed his hat and Hana was further startled to see that he was already turning bald...He looked older than thirty-one...I am sorry I no longer resemble the early photo my parents gave you,” they said to each other. This shows how Hana took a chance and did not see what she expected. In the story it states, “Raising her hand to cover her mouth, Hana laughed with him and suddenly felt better. I am in America now, she thought and this is the man I came to marry,”(Uchida, pg.272) This shows how even though she took this risk and all the outcomes were not good she still was safe and the guy was who he was. Since she took this risk she has more opportunities and can now pursue her dreams. He was older than she thought and knew of but he said who he was and overall was very happy with taking that large risk. With taking this risk she can now do things she could have not done in