Who Is Mr Abe
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Submitted by acejacker2 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Who Is Mr Abe
Who is Mr. Abe?
After reading a short story by Toshi Mori called "Abalone, Abalone, Abalone", I had to evaluate the man written about in the story, Mr. Abe. Although this story was very short, less than three written pages, a lot could be discovered about this man. The story does not go into detail about this man. Little is actually known about this man named Mr. Abe. We do know, however, that Mr. Abe came from Japan. Even thought the story does not provide a lot of detail about Mr. Abe, we can find out a lot about the man Mr. Abe. We know this by his hobbies and the views that he had.
Mr. Abe was a man that loved nature and life. This is known because Mr. Abe owned a nursery; he was a grower of carnations. He also had the hobby of collecting abalone shells, a plain looking mollusk shell. The collecting of these shells had a deeper meaning to Mr. Abe than one might think. He valued these shells because they each had a story to tell. Each one was special to him. Mr. Abe could see something that everyone else might not. This was pointed out when Mr. Abe was asked if he would give the shells to his children after his passing. Mr. Abe said, "I couldn't give the children what I see in these shells. The children must go out for themselves and find their own shells." (681).
Mr. Abe would collect these diamonds in the rough and spend much time with each one that he found. He would take the time to polish each one, finding the beauty that lay under the dirt and grime. The outside of the battered shells would remain rugged and unappealing, but the interior of the shell had something else to offer. The shell would produce many beautiful colors and would gleam like a rainbow.
To Mr. Abe, these shells had a deeper meaning than just something found and polished. Mr. Abe appreciated finding beauty where beauty was sometimes had to find. In reference to the finding of a shell another man had found, Mr. Abe said, "When you found...
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