The Firefly Hunt Vs Red Cranes Essay

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In the stories, "Red Cranes" by Jacey Choy and "The Firefly Hunt" by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki the authors have similarities and differences in how they approach the characters with how the main characters interact with other characters, the main character's thoughts, and the strong feelings each character experiences at the end of each passage. Interactions with other characters reveal how they are viewed. Yuki from "Red Cranes" tells Mie the red cranes are "Dreams, just dreams," showing she thinks Mie is foolish for searching for the red cranes. The characters from "the Firefly Hunt'' on the other hand, do not view the main character as foolish for searching for the fireflies. The text states," If you are going to play in the fields you had better change your clothes, they were told, and four muslin kimonos—prepared especially for them?—were laid out, each with a different pattern, as became their several ages." …show more content…

Another point to compare between the texts is the main characters' thoughts. Mie “ imagined herself on the back of a red crane, flying high in the air,” which reveals her strong desire and imagination to fly with a rare red crane. Similarly, Sachiko also demonstrates her strong imagination because when she went to bed after the firefly hunt, the author writes, “And while she lay with her eyes closed, the fireflies, out there along the river, all through the night, were flashing on and off, silent, numberless. Sachiko felt a wild, romantic surge, as though she were joining them there, soaring and dipping along the surface of the water, cutting her own uncertain line of light. .

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