Great Works of Literature II

My first thought of this story was that it was a really boring reading. I discovered that because the economy was bad in Japan, they had to take jobs that payed better, like the teaching job in the American School.

This story takes place is right after World War II, when Japan was suffering a bad economy and there were a lot of American bases in Japan. The story begins with four people: Yamada, Isa and Michiko and Shibamoto. The four of them is planning to walk eight miles to an American School while dressed nicely. As the story went on, it was really satirical. This story is satirical because Japanese people are trying to teach English, in their Native country, Japan. Isa is trying to be an English teacher when he is scared of speaking English. Yamada is trying to get involved with American culture. Michiko also tries to be American by dressing like one. Throughout the story, the characters seem to lose identity of their culture. Even though the characters are in a Japanese Country, they try to be American.