Comparing Oku no hosomichi and Tosa nikki reveals similarities that make one think if they are the same story, and many differences that make it seem they’re just in different formats. They both have similarities in that they both are travel diaries and they both tell of farewells before their journey. Along with the similarities came many differences. The styles of writing of both diaries were different. Also Oku no hosomichi had two characteristics in writing that Tosa nikki did not, and was a philosophy when Tosa nikki was not.
When comparing Oku no hosomichi and Tosa nikki there were some similarities. Both Oku no hosomichi and Tosa nikki shared the characteristic of being a traveling diary of events that took place. Another similarity that the two also shared were the farewells described at the beginning of the diary. Both either had friends say goodbye or a celebration.
Oku no hosomichi and Tosa nikki both were travel diaries that were just written in different format. Oku no hosomichi was not written without dates while Tosa nikki was. Both the diaries told of events that happened during the journey. Oku no hosomichi describes the journey of Bashō traveling from Edo to the northerly interior region known as Oku and Tosa nikki described the voyage taken to return to Kyoto through the sea.
Both Oku no hosomichi and Tosa nikki have a farewell gathering before the long journey. For instance, Bashō describes the farewell gathering between himself and his close friends. “The faint shadow of Mount Fuji and the cherry blossoms of Ueno and Yanaka were bidding me a last farewell. My friends had got together the night before, and they all came with me on the boat to keep me company for the first few miles. When we got off the b...
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...exts was Oku no hosomichi was, in a way, a philosophy and Tosa nikki was not. Bashō, throughout the journey was trying to find out his own identity through Dao. Dao is “the way”, and is experienced. Dao is, in some way, a purpose and that was something Bashō was trying to find. Tosa nikki on the other hand, was simply the first diary that achieved literature value and did not have a philosophical meaning.
From comparing the two works of art, I have revealed the similarities and differences within them. Oku no hosomichi and Tosa nikki both share some characteristics like both being travel diaries, but also have differences between them like that of Oku no hosomichi being a type of philosophy and Tosa nikki just being the first official travel diary. In the end these two works may seem like the same diary but they are not when you look deep inside their meanings.
In Joy Kagawa's "Obasan" there are a variety of characters, each with their own drives, morals, and personalities. However, In Naomi Nakane's life two characters in particular are very important and integral pieces to forming this novel. These two characters are Obasan, or Ayako Nakane - Naomi's aunt by marriage, and Aunt Emily Kato - Naomi's maternal aunt. With their importance to the novel being noted, further analyzation of these two members reveals much about their personalities, and in turn, why they chose the paths in the novel that they did. Much can be revealed from comparing and contrasting Joy Kagawa's characters Obasan and Aunt Emily, and in this analysis although there are many similarities in morals and characteristics, the differences
are very similar, but the movie portrays the book in a unique, interesting way. The movie has most of the characters the book has, but some of the characters do their part in a different way in the movie, that is what makes this new way of the book intreging. For example, the god of the sea, Poseiden is associated with water, the twist the movie puts on this character in the movie is instead of using water the Poseiden character, the sheriff, is associated with fire. These characters display irony because water and fire are opposites, which makes the movie have their own twist on the book. The Odyssey in a certain order. For the movie to be unique, it has the events in a different order. When readers read The Odyssey one character that appears in the middle of the piece is Teiresius. What makes the movie different from the novel is that the character Teiresius shows up closer to the beginning. Another example that makes the two pieces different from one another is the crew they travel along with. Odysseus’ crew actually all die off, but Pete and Delmar never die and stick by Everett for the whole movie.
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Both stories are one of a kind and deserve to be read. They share both common and uncommon ideas, but in the end, both are nice.
The biggest similarity between the two pieces is their medium. Both Levine and Criss chose to make their pieces by using oil on canvas. The two pieces are very different when it comes to the elements and principles used, and the appearance that each piece has. However, the amazing thing is, that two artists used oil paint and canvas to create these two very different works of art.
The first story "Children of the Sea" is between two people in love: a young man on a rickety boat fleeing Haiti because the Macoutes are taking over the country. The other character is a girl who loves the boy on the boat, and she writes letters to him. Meanwhile he's writing a jou...
...es and cultures. One author is governed by her strict faith and adherence to the church, the other by her own strongly-held opinions. Each woman's writing clearly reflects her own distinct personality and temperament: Marie de France, more eager and spiritual, Sei Shonagon, more satirical and opinionated. Both courtly ladies seem faithful to their own beliefs and reflective of their time and culture.
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different time of period and different region, but yet both stories shared similar endings and
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...ce, although both writings are interesting in their own ways, the most interesting aspect of both writings together is that they both have a similar plot and theme. It is rare that two
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