What Does Sōseki Mean By The End Of The Meiji Restoration?
The Meiji Restoration was a time for change and life of women was changing. Instead of women being able to go out and experience life like men were able to, they instead had to stay in the home and do all the housework.By the end of the restoration this concept became less prominent. Sensei’s wife illustrates these changes in tradition by showing the narrator the intelligent side of her. “Her perspicacity impressed me. It also intrigued me how her approach to things was unlike those of a traditional Japanese women...” (37). Sōseki makes various chapters to be focused simply on the narrator accessing the wife and seeing how she felt about Sensei and how he was behaving. By doing this Sōseki shows another side of the wife rather than just the
weak vulnerable side. Sōseki uses Sensei's wife to challenge the Japanese culture during the time. The narrator had a narrow minded approach when it came to women but as soon as he began to talk to the wife his mind opened up. Sōseki allows the wife to be seen as strong and intelligent so when she is hit with the news of Sensei’s death she is not as broken.
weak vulnerable side. Sōseki uses Sensei's wife to challenge the Japanese culture during the time. The narrator had a narrow minded approach when it came to women but as soon as he began to talk to the wife his mind opened up. Sōseki allows the wife to be seen as strong and intelligent so when she is hit with the news of Sensei’s death she is not as broken.