Child's Play

Ichiyo I feel writes in the 'We' culture in this book. All the children are growing up and learning the trait/skillsd of their parents. There is definently a love triangle in this story between Nobu, Midori, and Shota. Midori through out the majority of the book was on  Shota's arm. When the book comes to a close though, she cannot be with him, she has feeling for Nobu. In the midst of the whole story Shota just wanted to fight Nobu and Chokichi to claim their right the the streets. We discussed in class that Nobu's father represents corruption in the church since he is a pastor and drinks all the time.