Who is Makot? Makot is this young boy who lives with his Japanese family. He is the an older boy who likes to hang out with younger boys. The older boys don't like hanging out with Makot. So Makot buys the younger boys anything they want so he can be there leader. If the younger boys don't do what Makot says, he puts this fuzzy face and makes them feel bad until Makot gets his way. Do you feel sorry for him? In a way i do because it must be hard for a boy his age having to deal with his parents being in the prostitution world. Everyone gives him a hard time and it makes me sad that he has to deal with it all by himself.
What are your thoughts about him and the way he copes with his parents? I think the way he copes with it is by having control of younger kids, making them rebel against there parents and making them steal. I think when he does this it makes him feel great, like if he get some kind of enlightenment by this. I also believe that he wants all the younger kids not to listen or obey what there parents ask them to do. Since Makot has no one telling him what to do, he feels everyone should do the same.
Hi Myra,
ReplyDeleteDo you think Makot consciously attempts to get the other kids to rebel or is his rebellion an unconscious manifestation of the difficulties he's experiencing as the result of his parents' occupations?
Lauren
Hi Myra,
ReplyDeleteI like your thoughts of this essay. From what you wrote about, it makes me think that he does not understand the relationship between parents and their children. It is just something his not used to, so when he told Kiyoshi to go against what his parents had said he did not think that any harm will come to it cause of his relationship with his parents. Makot is the boss.