The warrior class would rule society and politics in Japan until the Tokugawa Shogunate in the nineteenth century. A samurai was a member of the Japanese elite and his lifestyle was dictated by a series of strict moral codes and ideals. True loyalty to his lord was expected, if not always followed through in its ideal form. In 1703 a vendetta carried out by forty-six former vassals avenging their lord 's death would come to be viewed as the embodiment of samurai ideals. Playwrights and storytellers have used the story of the valiant and devoted retainers many times since, due to the tale 's immense popularity in Japan. What would go on to be called "the most famous and popular work in the entire Japanese…
The main character are Moon Shadow, and windrider. The supporting characters are hand clap,uncle bright star,lefty,white deer,miss whitlaw,and black dog.Moon Shadow leaves the main land so he can go live in the land of the new golden mountain.Moon shadow has to go on a rough and tough sail to the place he wants to go he faces many of confusing challenges to learn a mysterious language to fit in with the other boys and girls in his block.His father wants to make kits in his free time and wants to make a flying machine.…
We are then told a story about the culture of Niska’s people and how they hunt and spare nothing to waste from an animal. We are also told the story of the Windigo (a twenty foot tall mythical beast) that Niska’s father has been sent to kill. While Niska watches her father kill the beast she all of a sudden inherits his fortune telling powers. She feels the sad irony of killing the beast to help the white man, who eventually takes her peoples land away.…
In Gail Tsukiyama's The Samurai's Garden Stephen is sent from his homeland in China to Japan to recover from tuberculosis. In his journey to recovery he begins to learn from the culture of the Japanese. Stephen soon discovers that Matsu, the family's servant, shows quintessential characteristics of Japanese culture. Matsu's traits can often be compared to those of medieval Japanese warriors. Throughout Samurai's Garden, Matsu shows characteristics of a true samurai.…
The purpose of this novel is to give an accurate retelling of the original 47 ronin from 1701 in Japan. John Allyn Jr. is incredibly qualified to retell this story. He attended the Army Specialized Training Program at Stanford University in 1944, where he majored in Japanese language. He later attended the Army Intensive Japanese Language School at the University of Michigan in 1945. He worked as Pictorial Censor of the Civil Censorship Detachment of G2, SCAP, in Osaka and Tokyo during the first four years of the U.S. occupation of Japan. He returned to America and attended UCLA where he received his master's degree in Theater Arts in 1951.…
The story of a loner who was selfishly looking to make money pitted two ?gangs? against each other while he played the middle. This is a personification of the United States at the time of the conflict. The country was involved in a conflict across the sea between two warring nations in the hopes of winning and gaining something of value for the country or the government. The movie was a mirror into what Europeans and specifically Italian filmmakers such as Leone though of Americans, depicting them as selfish manipulators who only were interested in making money and our own selfish gains. However, he also recognized the audience?s wishes for a hero. ?Joe? may not have been the typical hero from past westerns. He did have decency for the innocents. He was out for himself at first in order to make money off the turmoil in the town, but he did have good qualities such as aiding in the release of Marisol and her…
In the beginning of the story jason was in the wrongeplace e risked his life to saveat the wronge time, and is now being hunted by his own goverment and the triads leaders. In the middle of the story he has to prove his innocence, also has to fight his friends and hi foes. In the end he proves thatg he was being framed and he quits the spy buessness.…
Yolngu Boy is about the search for identity, making the journey from adolescence to adulthood and the implications of belonging to a larger social group, whether it be a culture, a family or a group of friends…
After reading the book “The Samurai’s Garden”, you will learn about 3 of the main characters. Stephen who is young, Sachi who is fragile, and Matsu who is solemn. Each character is different in their own way. Stephen with Tuberculosis, Sachi with Leprosy, and Matsu with an open heart. The man who would always be there if you needed him, or just needed someone to talk to. Although Matsu was quiet, and barely spoke, he always had open words for you, showed hard work, and showed honor.…
The book I read from the New Earth Archive was In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. The book analyzed the foods we eat and talks about the traditional American diet. It says that this western diet is more harmful than beneficial despite the breakthrough in nutirionism. The reader soon learns that this growing obsession with nutritionism is ironically hurting our diet more than it is helping it. This obsession has led us to scientifically alter food to boost the level of vitamins and nutrients in our food; to make it “healthier.”…
The Antagonist is the mob boss named Johnny who blames poverty for causing him to transform into a crook and murderer. It is either make no money or make money. They live like animals in a Social Darwinism.…
The moment he felt the ring of the thick rough rope slip through his head, he knew the time was here. The awful stench he could smell from the brown sack, which covers his face from the world. His senses heightened, he could hear movement around him, feet shuffling, deep breathing, and most of all, the sound of the man standing behind him, breathing on his neck like the predator that he is, the man who would kick the stool he stands on. The stool that’s so wobbly he could feel it shaking beneath his feet. He could hear the ticking off the clock in the room, going “tick tock tick tock”. Then as he felt the man behind him tighten the rope on his neck he saw his life flash before his eyes. Hideki Tojo was his name; he grew up following the footstep of the man he idolized the most his father. Thus a War Lord is born.…
slowly corrupted by the men around him, turning him into a machine. It tells the story of a world as…
groups. It was conducted to further the research in choice overload and paralysis of the mind.…
Naruto: d20 is a supplement for the Roleplaying Game d20 Modern published by Wizards of the Coast™. To be able to comprehend and use the game to its full extent, you should purchase the d20 Modern Core Rulebook if you do not already own it. An alternative solution would be to read the System Reference Document (SRD) which contains every OGC portion of the rulebook, minus any artwork and flavor text shown in the original product. The Naruto: d20 Guidebook contains in depth information about the Naruto™ world and its inhabitant, namely the deadly shinobi and kunoichi. It contains a wealth of information about their different techniques, the famous "Chakra" and even the geography. With a proficient Game Master, one could even recreate the whole Naruto series if he or she so wished! While the primary inspiration for this guidebook is Naruto, it also finds roots in many other anime or manga, such as Samurai Deeper Kyo, Bleach, Rurouni Kenshin, and several others. These characters and ideas are copyright of their rightful owners.…