Miyazawa Kenji's children's story 'Gorsh the Cellist' takes us on a journey of discovery about the human condition and overwhelms us with a tale of triumph. Each step is like a microcosm of the whole - as though each step were a journey in itself. Kenji's stories are set against the whole of the universe - a world replete with people, animals, and all the elements of nature. All hold discourse together. All are in …showed first 75 words of 753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 753 total…unprejudiced dialogue with creatures 'different' from themselves. This may have indicated Kenji's reaction to the society around him and may have acted as a possible alternative to the closed and exclusionary nature of Japanese society in his day. In our day it poses a fresh question for modern societies on the threshold of a new century.                                                                        Works Cited Miyazawa, Kenji. 'Gorsh the Cellist' Wildcat and the Acorns and other stories. tr. John Bester.                  Japan: Kondansha, 1985.