The Firefly Hunt & Red Cranes Analysis

Binula Illukpitiya The Firefly Hunt & Red Cranes Analysis

In the passages “The Firefly Hunt” and “Red Cranes”, the author implements many different tatis in order to de!elop d e!elop the main harater" Choy#s Choy#s “Red Cranes” has its main harater de!eloped through dialogue and the ations and e$pressions of other haraters" %un#ihiro Taniaki#s Taniaki#s “The Firefly Hunt” utilies !arious literary de!ies suh as sym'olism and uses ad(eti!es )hih gi!es more depth to ations e$euted in the passage" These are the elements he uses to de!elop the main harater" In “Red Cranes”, *ie#s interations interations )ith other haraters, namely n amely her mother and father, sho) 'oth her age and personality traits" Through 'eing ignored and not taken seriously 'y her elders, she is sho)n to 'e young and na+!e" Her young age an 'e inferred due to many young hildren#s )ords 'eing ignored 'y their parents on serious issues and it an 'e inferred that she is na+!e due to her plans for the future in ontrast to )hat her mother thinks is 'est" In “The Firefly Hunt”, ahiko#s interations )ith her peers sho) her harater to 'e o'ser!ant and optimisti" he seems to 'e e$tremely o'ser!ant due du e to seeing the small details of her surroundings )hilst her friends talk to her" he seems to 'e optimisti due to not gi!ing up e!en though her friends seem to ha!e" In 'oth passages, the main haraters# thoughts are depited to 'e omprehensi!e )hen ompared to )hat other haraters may think" th ink" *ie#s thoughts thoughts and planning for a hild are muh more omple$ than her parents may think" ahiko, )hen ompared to her peers, seems to ha!e a more thorough understanding of her surroundings" This presentation of the haraters# thoughts gi!es the reader more insight to )hat the setting is like as )ell as gi!es more details to the plot"

At the end of the passage in “Red Cranes”, *ie#s situation hasn#t hanged 'ut her state of  mind has 'een altered" -ue to her no) realiing )hat is e$peted of her future ompared to )hat she has planned, she is perple$ed e!en though nothing has hanged in her en!ironment" .n the other hand, ahiko, 'eing already optimisti, has this harater trait strengthened due to her finally finding the fireflies and gi!ing off the feeling that anything is possi'le" In onlusion, 'oth “Red Cranes” and “The Firefly Hunt” are e$ellent e$amples of ho) a harater is de!eloped through the author utiliing many different literary tatis" This de!elopment gi!es more insight to the reader on the plot as )ell as gi!es more depth to eah aspet of the story"