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The Moon on the Water Review

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What comes to your mind when you read or heard the title, " The Moon on the Water "? - It is a tiring day at Missouri. There's this boy that's been lying on his brown, rough and old fishing boat. He's exhausted for his everyday life and wandering at the stars. The night was calm and the only thing thay you will hear is the splashes of water on the bottom right side of his boat. The boy always dreamed of a life that is full of spakles just like the rich ones from the city. It was his everyday routine to think and fantasize the other side of his life if his family is  wealthy.  The short story "The Moon of the Water" by Kawabata Yasunari, depicts the life of the main female character named Kyoto. She was married to her first husband who was ill and bed ridden, then the present time of the story states that she is now married to her second husband whom I think does not understand her burden upon losing her first partner. Kawabata was so good in ...