For this project we had to depict the story of Kokoro by photographs over the spring break. I had a really fun time with this project as it encouraged me to focus on my surrounding. My friends and I even got together to take pictures of the beach for this project and it encouraged us to bond.
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"I walked to the sea every day, between thatched cottages that were old and smoke-blackened. The beach was always crowded with men and women, and at times the sea, like a public bath, would be covered with a mass of black heads" (Soseki 2).
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"I learned that every month, on the same day, it was Sensei's custom to take flowers to a certain grave in the cemetery at Zoshigaya" (Soseki 9).
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" But sometimes I would notice a shadow cross his face. True, like the shadow of a bird outside the window, it would quickly disappear" (Soseki 12).
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"But now, the flowers, which had brightened the scenery with their rich, red color, were all gone" (Soseki 29).
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"Sensei gazed at the sky, which was so blue that it seemed transparent" (Soseki 57).
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"At last, I was able to read Sensei's letter from beginning to end" (Soseki 124).
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"Having been brought up by a father who was fond of such things as Chinese poetry, calligraphy, and the tea ceremony, I was from childhood inclined to severity in my taste" (Soseki 147).
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"She found my room in darkness when she opened the door" (Soseki 208).
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"K had cut open a carotid artery with a small knife and died instantly" (Soseki 233).