Ono says, "All he's kindled is my ambition" (48). Young Ono tells this to his mother when his father is burning his paintings. What happened to this Ono? Did he let life happen? Ono didn't like his father telling him that being an artist is something he shouldn't be proud of. So why has he turned so much like his father? Ono is lost because he is contradicting what he believed at first. What happened to the young Ono? Where did his beliefs go?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Beliefs
Matsuda says, "We may not have parted on the easiest of terms, but things like that shouldn't come between us. Naturally, I'd say only the best things about you" (93). Masuji Ono tells his old friend Matsuda to only talk good about him. Ono asks him to not mention that he was a painter or anything about his past that would jeopardize his daughter's, Noriko, possible marriage. Noriko and her family will be investigated by investigators hired by the possible groom to be in order to see if she meets his expectations. Is it really right to hide who you are because it will benefit you in some way? This is what Ono is doing, which is going against to what he believed before, when he was a kid.
Ono says, "All he's kindled is my ambition" (48). Young Ono tells this to his mother when his father is burning his paintings. What happened to this Ono? Did he let life happen? Ono didn't like his father telling him that being an artist is something he shouldn't be proud of. So why has he turned so much like his father? Ono is lost because he is contradicting what he believed at first. What happened to the young Ono? Where did his beliefs go?
Ono says, "All he's kindled is my ambition" (48). Young Ono tells this to his mother when his father is burning his paintings. What happened to this Ono? Did he let life happen? Ono didn't like his father telling him that being an artist is something he shouldn't be proud of. So why has he turned so much like his father? Ono is lost because he is contradicting what he believed at first. What happened to the young Ono? Where did his beliefs go?
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Ono still believes that you shouldn't try and hide who you are, but this isn't for him. It is about his daughter Noriko. He only goes to Mastuda with these request in order to insure that who he is doesn't define or destroy her future. He has learned through his daughter Setsuko that there are somethings that he has done that may not be acceptable now. Setsuko comes to Ono on page 49 and talks about possible misunderstandings, "about th past she says.He realizes that she may be right about his actions affection Noriko's marriage negotiations so he trys to prevent that from happening again. Him doing this does not mean that he no longer believes as he did as a child, but that he understands that this ( marriage negotiations) is bigger than what he believes.
ReplyDeleteOno when going up to Matsuda acted a lot like Shintaro when going to ask for help. He was going against what he believe about then instead of facing up to the consequences. Ono does this only for the sake of Noriko's marriage, but is challenged by Matsuda who agrees in the end. Here I find it cowardly that Ono not face up to what he used to believe in. He did something and doesn't want to face the reality.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's right to hide who you truly are to benefit you in the end. I think if someone is going to like/ love you it will because of you who truly are. They should appreciate everything about you. But that's my point of view. I'm also sure that's many people's point of view as well but we have to realize some important things. Ono is not us but more importantly, Ono is not American. His culture and ideas can be completely different from ours.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you brought this point because before this I could not really connect Ono, his paintings, and the war. Obviously Ono does not want Matsuda to mention that he is an artist. Why not? Is his connection to the war as big as he thinks it is?
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