The Story of the Aged Mother (Analysis)

THE STORY OF THE AGED MOTHER (A Japanese folktale) SETTING Shinano at the foot the mountain CHARACTERS The of age(p) father- the main character of the story, who has the wisdom that brings to save and benefited their land The young farmer- the boy of the aged mother The daimio-the despotic ruler of Shinano but later on he learned to relegate importance the obsolescent folks. THEME A mothers hunch over is something that no one flowerpot explain. It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, it is endless and unselfish. CONFLICT Man vs.Man- the only foe in the story was the daimio who proclaimed a law to immediately kill all the aged people. literary MOVEMENT * Realism- the situation in the story was once happened in the history of Japan, not by place to death the aged people but abandoning them. It views the once history of a certain country and the simplicity of life. The story also contains lesson and the language used was simple and comprehensive. A mothers dea rest is something that no one screw explain. It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, it is endless and unselfish.Also discover Mother of a TraitorThe story of the aged mother is a folktale from Japan. It tells about how cracking the love of a mother for her child. It was shown on their situation when the daimio proclaimed a law ordering that all the aged people should be put to death. The order filled the tone of the poor farmer a great sorrow for he loves his mother that much. Instead of putting her mother to death in the hand of the inhumane law he decided to give his mother a kind mode of death. He took his mother to the bare summit of Obatsuyama- the mountain of the Abandoning of the Aged and planned to abandon in that location.On their way to the said mountain the heart of the loving mother grew anxious for she knew that her son will on danger on his way defend because he was not familiar to the many mountain passageways. What the mother did she snapped t he twigs of the bushes they passed and drop it silently on the path to serves as a guide on the way back of her poor child. Let not thine look be blind, my son. The mountain road is full of danger. Look carefully and follow the path which holds the piles of twigs. They will guide thee to the familiar way farther down. These lines shows the unconditional love that the mother has for her son, an unselfish love that smote the heart of the poor child and made him cried and decided to take his mother with him backed to their humble shack in the valley. He hid his mother on a walled closet for food beneath the kitchen. Time passed and they both(prenominal) feel secure and safe until one day the daimio sent a messenger and again demanded on the people of the valley present him a with a lasso of ashes. To the despair of the poor farmer he told the mews to his hidden mother.And her mother luckily come up with the idea and told him to make a rope of twisted straw and the other thing to d o. The despotic ruler was pleased of what he had witnessed and asks the poor farmer if where he obtained that kind of wisdom. The poor farmer stated everything and daimio listened and meditated in silence. Upon hearing the story he immediately decided to abolish cruel law, and sees the importance of the elder to shape the society and said with the vertex of snow, there cometh wisdom.The story shows us two important virtue- love and wisdom. Mothers love is null can compare nor measured it is pure and unselfish and made of reverence. Truly we can say that we can found heaven underneath mothers feet for she fought cruelty with love and affection and true adept for bringing out our courage to face the harsh realities of life. Most of all serves as our courage, weakness and effectualness that guided us to walk through our journey called life.In the saying with the crown of snow, there cometh wisdom- the crown of snow is pertaining to the elders, emphasizes the importance of them in shaping our society. The word there cometh wisdom explained that as we get old our everyday experiences makes us wit, and as we commit mistakes learning comes. The old folks who undergone on the different challenges in life and had survive serves as our guiding path because their varied experiences teach us to become sapient wise enough to know right from wrong.