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seems somewhat
unsociablehe seemed
totally indifferent to his
surroundingsSensei was
always alone (5)
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I imagined this city, the
greatest of all in Japan,
immersed in gloom, yet
bustling with activity
despite the darkness.
There was but one light
shining, and that came
from Senseis house. I
could not know then that
this light too would be
swallowed up by the silent
whirlpool. I could not know
that very soon, this light
would be snuffed out, and
that I would be left in a
world of total darkness
(92)
My father had known for
some time that his disease
was fatal. But when at last
death was very close, he
seemed unable to
recognized it (103)
General Nogi died (108)
He found it impossible to
believe, and so did my
father, that a man who
was not known and did
nothing could amount to
very much (115)
He was hovering
uncertainly between the
world of reality and the
world of his ideals (214)
It was a violent emotion
that I felt then. I think that
had K and I been alone in
the wilderness, I would
have listened to the cry of
my conscience. But there
were others in the house, I
soon overcame the
impulse of my natural self
to be true to K (225)
It was then that the great