ASSIGNMENT | Japanese Fiction in Comparative Contexts 4

Ueda Akinari, The Reed-Choked House, & The Chrysanthemum Vow
Gogol, The Overcoat (140-149)

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Compare and contrast “The Chrysanthemum Vow” with “The Chicken and Millet
Dinner”

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Japanese Fiction in Comparative Contexts 4

            In “The Chrysanthemum Vow,” Ueda Akinari explores the fictional context using the Chrysanthemum Festival, and it presented a platform where the central characters reunited, thus defining their relationship (Akinari 77). Symbolism is also at the center of this context as the chrysanthemum blossom informs of the relationship the characters had developed over time, PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com | fictional context in the “The Chicken and Millet Dinner” where poetry (“On Friendship”) is used to focus on the close ties between characters (Yang and Yang 281). The Double-Ninth Festival presents a similar platform as the Chrysanthemum Festival, and the storyline involving Zhang Shao shows how the author shared a story of a close-knit family (Akinari 81). Therefore, the similarities PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com | evidenced by the structure of the texts, contexts with which close friendships and relationships were explored, and how individual PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com |other hand, the differences between the “The Chrysanthemum Vow” and “The Chicken and Millet Dinner” are also evident. For instance, the contexts are broken down based on characters, places, affinities, and time (Akinari 75). Time, in this case, is more pronounced in “The Chrysanthemum Vow” since it is…