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Monday, March 29th, 2010Thirdly, the characters truly demonstrated value shift of interest between the younger and older generation. For example, readers learn from the conversations between the father and the daughter about women’s position in Japanese’s culture that a woman’s role is to take care of the family at home and never question her husband on anything. The daughter views this as prison and an ignorant life that she does not look forward to embrace. The daughter demonstrates this when she says “I am in a prison and I yearn to be free” (act 1 scene 1). The grandmother demonstrates her strong cultural value throughout the play. For instance the grandmother was displeased about how the younger generation dress, talk, walk and even the way younger generation arrange flowers. The grandmother viewed these as the total opposite of how things should be in a Japanese culture. In addition, the older generation in the play “Protest” solidified their great value of Japanese culture when the grandmother sacrificed her life by committing suicide in order for the daughter to believe and value their tradition. The father and mother viewed the grandmother’s decision as a part of Japanese tradition even before she committed the act. However, the daughter was depressed over Grandmother’s death and daughter was left in a regrettable situation when she was notified that her action of against Japanese tradition was behind grandmother’s death. There is a value shift of interest demonstrated by the characters in the play which lead to intergeneration conflicts.
Subsequently, the younger generation compared to the older generation characters demonstrated a significant value shift of interests. Readers discover from the conversations between father and daughter about the intended role of the women in the Japanese culture; the role of the woman is in the house taking care of the family, and to obey without question every command of the husband. An imprisonment and ignorant life is what the daughter perceives of her own life. The daughter exclaims, “I am in a prison and I yearn to be free” (act 1 scene 1). Throughout the play, the grandmother convey her strong cultural values by her constant discontentment about how the younger generation dress, talk, walk, and even the arranging flowers are wrong. All that the younger generation does is entirely opposite of the appropriate way in a Japanese culture. To “Protest” the great value of culture, the grandmother committed suicide to prove to the daughter the importance of culture as well as having value their traditions. The father and mother believed that the grandmother’s choice of death is written within the culture. Depressed over her grandmother’s death, the daughter regretted her actions against the Japanese traditions, which inevitably caused the death of her grandmother. Inter-generation conflicts become visible because of the value shifts of interest demonstrated by the all characters in the play.
