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Week 7 Reading Notes: Ozaki, Part A

 These notes are over The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die from Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki. 


  • This is the third part of the story
  • A man didn't not want to die, so he traveled to an island where people never die (perpetual life)
  • On this land, people actually want to die or get sick.
  • They get tired of the long, exhausting thing that is life. lol
  • At first, Sentaro is happy about the island. This is what he wanted! He will never die. Instead, he will live for 100s of years and enjoy his life
  • Time moves quick for him, and he isn't has happy as he expected. things start to annoy him 
  • He wants to go back to his old town, but if he does, he will grow old and die 
    • If I were to write this, I would make a modern city that never ages
    • Maybe this man does try to die--like the others
    • I could change this into teens that are scared to become adults
    • They want to be young forever
    • But, they get tired of being 17
  • The crane comes back to get Sentaro
  • The man regrets his choice as he leaves, but it is already to late!
  • The crane and Sentaro fall into a sea
  • He basically has a bunch of near death experiences 
    • drowning 
    • and then getting eaten by a shark!!
  • He prays to Jofuku again, and it was all just a dream
  • He can no longer avoid death, but that seems to be a good thing for him now
  • A long life does not make you happy
  • Instead, he enjoys the time that he has
  • If I rewrote this, I would have a teen that realizes that getting older isn't an awful thing--there are freedoms and maturity that comes with adulthood. They can have that realization at the end!   




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1,000 paper cranes
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