Cultural Impacts on a Characte

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…comprehended, emotionally drawn reading. Also, Mishima makes great use of word choice making each sentence stand out and more comprehensible, which also contributes to the overall emotion, theme, and meaning. In this case, Mishima means to convey how faithful Shinji and Reiko were to each other, the military, and to age-old Japanese cultural beliefs. It is also intended by Mishima to show how Shinji and Reiko behaved and reacted in their given circumstance and environment.