In every book there are moments that stick with the reader moments that really capture the book and the heart of the reader and I think one of the most important ones for me was a scene the narrator wasn’t even in. It was the short chapter where Woody visit’s the ancestral home. It just felt so real and so identifiable at least to me. I can honestly say that I have felt nerves and uneasiness of go to meet a relative you have never met or haven’t seen in years and feared the response. As he packed up the sugar hopeful that it would grant him a better reception I was right there with him. And when the Aunt cried over his appearance, showing him the grave that had been made for his father as they all feared his death my heart broke along with them.
However the most powerful scene was when the aunt was watching him sleep. As she shed tears over him and family trait’s the power of family, their family became so clear. One can little doubt that Woody came back with a renewed sense of familial pride and understanding . How can not remember meeting that one relative who is old and wise and holds all the magical stories about your parents or grandparents that no one else knows. Or walking through the old halls of your parents high school trying to imagine your father in a letterman’s jacket. It is our history to be found the same way that it was Woody’s and glimpsing it gave me a better understanding of Woody, his father and the family Wakatsuki.
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I totally agree with you on meeting a relative for the first time and one who nevr knew you exsisted. They thought Ko Woody's father was dead. I thought the way you looked at it how the main charcter was not even in this chapter yet it still had a lot to do with the memior.
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