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Week 7

The author reflects on their misunderstanding of Lu Xun's work and the significance of Mr. Fujino in Lu Xun's life, emphasizing the character's role in challenging stereotypes against the Chinese during a time of discrimination. They also share their first impressions of Haruki Murakami's writing, noting the complex representation of 'China' and its connection to Murakami's family history related to the Sino-Japanese War. The passage concludes with a poignant quote about the inevitability of living within the constraints of one's time.

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Week 7

The author reflects on their misunderstanding of Lu Xun's work and the significance of Mr. Fujino in Lu Xun's life, emphasizing the character's role in challenging stereotypes against the Chinese during a time of discrimination. They also share their first impressions of Haruki Murakami's writing, noting the complex representation of 'China' and its connection to Murakami's family history related to the Sino-Japanese War. The passage concludes with a poignant quote about the inevitability of living within the constraints of one's time.

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I made a mistake last week in class saying that I had never read Lu Xun's writing; after I read

Mr. Fujino for next week's assigned reading, my memory of reading this short passage was
excavated from the corner of my brain. In my perspective, the character of Mr. Fujino is not the
central theme is expressed in the article, even though he is for sure a crucial figure for Lu Xun
during his study in Sendai. Mr. Fujino as a character demonstrates the existence of a noble
mind in Lu Xun's memory. When the Sino Japanese War ended not so long ago, and
discrimination against the Chinese was relatively frequent in the Japanese society, "China is a
weak country. Therefore the Chinese must be an inferior people, and for Chinese to get more
than sixty marks could not be due simply to his efforts". By merely using these few words, a
picture of how the Chinese race was seen in Japan is excellently portrayed, and Mr. Fujino acts
as the figure that disregards the stereotypical bias of Chinese who falls in line with his
professional ethics. Due to curiosity, I read about Mr. Fujino's comments on Lu Xun after
knowing his death, Mr. Fujino does not believe he gives any particular attention to Lu Xun
compared to other students, and all he has done is to correct Lu Xun's notes, but probably that
is what Lu Xun needed during his period of confusion. Anyway, I believe the central theme of
this passage is a memoir on Lu Xun's most confusing period and his realization of what really
should be done.

It is my first time reading Haruki Murakami, that is for sure. I really need to reflect on my literary
attainment from now on. Haruki Murakami's words are relatively straightforward yet so powerful.
In the passage, "China" seems like it is both a virtual and substantial concept, much more virtual
than substantial. Substantially, China as for Chinese is presented using the three Chinese
characters Haruki Murakami has encountered. Virtually, China is more like Haruki Murakami's
memory. I would not say I have comprehended what Haruki Murakami refers to as China, but
the three Chinese characters influenced Haruki Murakami's conception of China in his different
periods of life.

Moreover, the topic of China or the war between China and Japan seems to occur frequently in
Haruki Murakami's writings, especially in Haruki Murakami's father's memoirs, which resembles
the abandoned cat's experience. In his memoirs, Haruki Murakami publicly announced the
history of his father being a soldier who participated in the war in China; Haruki Murakami has
chosen to face the inevitable history of his family; there is no way for him to cover up this
unglamorous deed. In conclusion, I like a quote in this passage that expresses the
powerlessness in the flood of time, "All we can do is breathe the air of the period we live in,
carry with us the special burdens of the time, and grow up within those confines. That's just how
things are."

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