“It was you crying, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, it was me.”
“Why were you crying?” ”
“and this time he was certain he heard the sound of someone’s sobbing. ”
One of the first times they have really talked one on one
Shinji catches Hatsue at a very vulnerable point
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Lay naked next to each other during the storm
“What would make you quit being ashamed?”
To this the girl gave a truly naïve answer, though a startling one:
“If you took your clothes off too, then I wouldn’t be ashamed.”
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Passing letters in secret
Hatsue and Shinji were passing letters to each other in secret because they were forbidden to see each other, and their only way to communicate was through the mail.
“How will I ever be able to see Shinji-san again? Please think of some way for us to meet
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Get caught by uncle Teru
“ Please wait for me in front of Yashiro Shrine. …”
“Her father came out of the shadows where he had been hiding. He caught his daughter by the wrist, and Shinji watched them exchange a few violent words. ”
Reveals the secrecy of their relationship and ho
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Yasuo appears in the story
“Although only nineteen, Yasuo was the son of a leading family in the village and possessed the power to make others follow him.”
- Mishima presents Yasuo as a foil character for Shinji. Yasuo shows that his power and status are inherited from his father,
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Chiyoko and Shinji’s relationship
“What made you so mad?” Shinji asked, looking her full in the face.
“All that talk about you and Chiyoko-san.”
Shows the slight jealousy that has been created
Chiyoko is presented as the FOIL character for Hatsue
Chiyoko feels extremely guilty after Shi
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Shinji does a heroic deed on the ship (retrieves buoy during the storm)
In contrast to Yasuo who doesn’t help
Shows the ship captain that Shinji would be a much better husband (this act of valor made Hatsue’s father reassess his choice for a husband)
An intense moment in the book
“Yasuo’s lips quivered. He pulled his neck do
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The diving women and Chiyoko’s mother go ‘talk’ to Uncle Teru (“Well, what I want to talk to you about is your Hatsue-san and the Kubo family’s Shinji-san, and …”)
Shows how supportive the ladies of the island are of Shinji and Hatsue’s relationship.
Even though the relationship was thought of as wrong, Chiyoko’s mother does this for her daughter
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Jukichi act as a ‘father figure’ to Shinji
“I know exactly what you two are thinking. You’re planning to give Yasuo a beating. But you listen to me—that won’t do a bit of good. ”
Though originally disapproving of the relationship, he later realizes that Shinji (though poor), potentially is still b
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Uncle Teru decides that Shinji is the one that Hatsue should marry
“If that’s all you have to talk about, it’s all already settled. Shinji’s the one I’m adopting for Hatsue’s husband.”
Shows the development the two have made from the start and overcomes all the hardships they have gone through.
This shows that others have become more accepting of the two’s relationship and they have overcome all their obstacles.
Mishima ends the book w
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
“What would make you quit being ashamed?”
To this the girl gave a truly naïve answer, though a startling one:
“If you took your clothes off too, then I wouldn’t be ashamed.”
Back
Lay naked next to each other during the storm
Card 3
Front
Hatsue and Shinji were passing letters to each other in secret because they were forbidden to see each other, and their only way to communicate was through the mail.
“How will I ever be able to see Shinji-san again? Please think of some way for us to meet
Back
Card 4
Front
“ Please wait for me in front of Yashiro Shrine. …”
“Her father came out of the shadows where he had been hiding. He caught his daughter by the wrist, and Shinji watched them exchange a few violent words. ”
Reveals the secrecy of their relationship and ho
Back
Card 5
Front
“Although only nineteen, Yasuo was the son of a leading family in the village and possessed the power to make others follow him.”
- Mishima presents Yasuo as a foil character for Shinji. Yasuo shows that his power and status are inherited from his father,
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