{"id":1309,"date":"2017-02-21T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/blog\/japanesebookreview\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2017-02-21T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:22:38","slug":"%e3%81%a9%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e7%8c%bf%e3%81%ae%e5%b0%be%e3%81%af%e7%9f%ad%e3%81%84%ef%bc%9f%e3%80%80%e3%81%a9%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e3%82%af%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b2%e3%81%af%e9%aa%a8%e3%81%8c-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/2017\/02\/21\/%e3%81%a9%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e7%8c%bf%e3%81%ae%e5%b0%be%e3%81%af%e7%9f%ad%e3%81%84%ef%bc%9f%e3%80%80%e3%81%a9%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e3%82%af%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b2%e3%81%af%e9%aa%a8%e3%81%8c-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u733f\u306e\u5c3e\u306f\u77ed\u3044\uff1f\u3000\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u30af\u30e9\u30b2\u306f\u9aa8\u304c\u306a\u3044\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/blog\/japanesebookreview\/files\/2015\/08\/level1_vol2_saru.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-166 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/blog\/japanesebookreview\/files\/2015\/08\/level1_vol2_saru-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"A monkey and a jellyfish\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u672c\u3092\u697d\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3057\u305f\uff0e\u3067\u3082\u3001&#8221;pt.2&#8243;\u306f\u96e3\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u6f22\u5b57\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3089\u3002&#8221;Pt. 1&#8243; \u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c &#8220;Pt. 2&#8221; \u3088\u308a\u9577\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3001\u733f\u306e\u7269\u8a9e\u306f\u65e9\u304f\u3066\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002\u3053\u306e\u56f3\u306f\u3044\u3064\u3082\u53ef\u7b11\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088.\u3000\u306e\u306f\u9762\u767d\u304f\u3066\u3001\u8272\u5f69\u8c4a\u304f\u3066\u3001\u3088\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>This story is a clever one. \u00a0True to the folktale genre, there are elements of joy, jealousy, fear, violence, and food that exist to create a literary landscape enjoyed by adults and children alike. \u00a0One question that came to mind was if the message is distilled or made less &#8220;serious&#8221; by the presence of cute animals with emotive facial expressions. \u00a0Indeed it seems unjust that the jellyfish should be the victim of any sort of violence, but when colorful fish are wielding the sticks it becomes almost comical. \u00a0Maybe that&#8217;s where beast fables and folktales draw their strength: \u00a0readers don&#8217;t expect profound messages to be hidden within these little stories, so our expectations when we approach these (as opposed to a physics textbook) might be more receptive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u3053\u306e\u672c\u3092\u697d\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3057\u305f\uff0e\u3067\u3082\u3001&#8221;pt.2&#8243;\u306f\u96e3\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u6f22\u5b57\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3089\u3002&#8221;Pt. 1&#8243; \u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c &#8220;Pt. 2&#8221; \u3088\u308a\u9577\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3001\u733f\u306e\u7269\u8a9e\u306f\u65e9\u304f\u3066\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002\u3053\u306e\u56f3\u306f\u3044\u3064\u3082\u53ef\u7b11\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088.\u3000\u306e\u306f\u9762\u767d\u304f\u3066\u3001\u8272\u5f69\u8c4a\u304f\u3066\u3001\u3088\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002 This story is a clever one. \u00a0True to the folktale genre, there are elements of joy, jealousy, fear, violence, and food that exist to create a literary landscape enjoyed by adults and children alike. \u00a0One question that came to mind was if the message is distilled or made &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/2017\/02\/21\/%e3%81%a9%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e7%8c%bf%e3%81%ae%e5%b0%be%e3%81%af%e7%9f%ad%e3%81%84%ef%bc%9f%e3%80%80%e3%81%a9%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e3%82%af%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b2%e3%81%af%e9%aa%a8%e3%81%8c-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u733f\u306e\u5c3e\u306f\u77ed\u3044\uff1f\u3000\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u30af\u30e9\u30b2\u306f\u9aa8\u304c\u306a\u3044\uff1f&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23,50,69],"class_list":["post-1309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-folktale","tag-iam","tag-for-1st-year-japanese","tag-level-1","book-152"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/japanese-book-review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}