Shusaku Endo

Murasaki Shikibu, the author of “The Tale of Genji” wrote the story to show the struggles of a prince who tried to find a lifestyle for himself to live in because his life in the kingdom was unfathomable. Shusaku Endo, the writer of The Samurai used a samurai, a general in Japanese culture, who is the definition of honor, was facing hardships within his can and on missions. The reading “Chores and Marriage” by Seth Friedman demonstrated how family members had specific tasks that they were meant to do because of the society of Japan. In addition, Jessica Cooper’s writing, “The Three Submissions”, focused on how women were treated unfairly and did not have the rights to many opportunities. The way society expresses these norms vary through the different environments that they’re exposed to. As a result, many discrepancies are extremely likely to occur either restricting how they believe norms should be handled which could cause mental uncertainty on…

Doubt in Faith To my knowledge we all have something we believe in, whether our faith is in God, Buddha or some other religion, the choice is ours. It is also up to us to have complete trust in the idol, hence not having any doubt towards that idol. Shusaku Endo covers the topic about faith and betrayal in Silence. In the novel the Japanese officials test the faith of priests and want them to apostatize since they feel that Christianity is not suited for Japan. One priest in particular,…

Deep River by Shusaku Endo takes us on a journey with several people that are looking for inner peace, which they have struggled to find throughout their lives. During this journey Shusaku Endo explored a number of different themes. Some of those themes include love, suffering, and rebirth, these themes can be seen across many different religions. In Hinduism love and desire is represented by the god Kama, one must give up selfishness in love and should not expect anything in return. Love in…

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…

A theme prominent in all four novels, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Silence by Shusaku Endo and most importantly, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, is loss and death. Each novel allowed me to understand different meanings of death and the importance of the value of life. Starting with Things Fall Apart, Okwonko lives his life cowardly in anger and tries his entire life to be the opposite of his father who was gentle, resulting in his suicide. In Silence,…

Thesis: Through inculturation and different interpretations of Christianity, the church is catholic or universal. In order for the church to be catholic, it must be able to spread the Gospel with respect to cultural diversities. Culture is the beliefs, customs, and arts of a particular society. The Catholic faith is central to many of the world’s cultures. Yet, through inculturation, the Catholic faith is lived differently in each culture (classroom notes 10-13). In Shusaku Endo’s book,…

People have been persecuted for their religious beliefs as far back as the Classical period in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.1 As the number of popular religions multiplied globally and the amount of international travelers to Asian countries increased due to growing trade relationships, disagreements and arguments ensued between opposing cultures. In the 1500s, the Japanese culture was introduced to the Christian religion, which led to political and social unrest in the Asian nation. …

Thus the river brings a pilgrim near to the nature with all his devotion and attention. Shusaku Endo in his novel Deep River depicts four major characters from Japan – each battling their own inner turmoil and u nsaid pain – to India on the Ganga ghat as a part of their pilgrimage tour of famous Buddh ist monuments. Each one of them has taken up this tour for personal reasons li ke Isobe who is looking for the reincarnation of his dead wife who had made him promi se on her death-bed that he…

clerk and lawyer for protector de indios, an organization that provides free lawyer service to Indians. He also worked for many years as an assistant to church inspector Cristobal de Alborz in removing idolatry among Indians—which Ayala completely supported. However, though a large number of Indians converted, there was an equally large number that did not, physically or spiritually. The Spaniards often forced the natives to convert, baptizing without the natives even knowing what it meant.…