How is Flatfishs character developed in Shushaku Endos novel When I Whistle

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When I Whistle

The past plays an important role in understanding the present and in planning for the future . This kind of adage might indeed be useful in comprehending the importance of history or past events in the lives of people . However , this kind of thinking fails to realize that sometimes the past tends to conflict with the future . The concept of generational gap is often observable in most societies , especially in the situation of parents and their children

wherein their different and conflicting beliefs and practices are often time become the cause of misunderstanding . The difference between the past and the present is substantially discussed in Endo Shusaku 's When I Whistle . He explored the differences of beliefs and norms during the pre-war Japan as compared with the contemporary one . In doing so , he was able to identify the distinctness of these two different worlds but at the end was able to manage to see a convergence between the past and the present

In the process of introducing and presenting Japanese generational differences , Endo Shusaku successfully used the literary element of humor in to make his readers see the distinctness of two generations . In his book , humor was clearly seen in the dialogues of Ozu and Eichi . The relationship between these two characters , who are father and son , show the differences in the generation that they are in . Humor was seen on how each character tend to contradict...