Shusaku Endo's Silence

Silence of Endo Shusaku Silence of this novel's novel caused a lot of discussions at the Loyola campus. As the dominant Christian community, we discovered that the theme of the conspiracy center and the predicament are closer to our house than many other schools. - It may not necessarily be personal. In all religions and cultures, Jesus first loved God and its neighbors, and Christians, especially Catholics, especially the Jesuits traditionally treated it without seriousness.

Endo 's novel novel "silence" raises a worrisome question of the silence of God in the evil and suffering of mankind. As the story unfolds, the reader is deeply aware of the mystery of God's silence. Evil human behavior that causes pain, suffering, and death seems to cause indifference only. But in the moment of climate, God seems to have been told. Father Sebastian Rodriguez faced his biggest decision. Then I listened to the voice of Christ and encouraged him to tread on Fermi. It literally means Fumi, and the pictures are stepped on. In the Edo period (1600-1868), the paintings of Christian characters were used to identify Christians' followers. At the end of the novel, the reader left anxious questions whether Rodriguez apostasy was a refusal of Christian faith. Is it a sacrifice?

Silence is a superficial historical novel, including the persecution of Christians in Japan in the 17th century. However, as authors' spiritual autobiography, as a Japanese Catholic, as Shu Endo, this may be more accurate and more interesting. Endo puts doubts about Christianity in the mouth of foreign priests, while Japanese stupid Japanese whistle Yoshijiro expressed Endo's basic feelings. Both Rodriguez and Jijilan betrayed Christ, but despite their treachery, they still clung to him in their hearts.

Silence is a book that Scorsese read (Same Name) twenty years ago was adapted by Catholic Japanese writer Endo Akira. It tells the story of the young Portuguese Jesuits seeking mission and martyrdom in the 17th century in Japan during the recent severe punishment of Japanese Christians. Endo's book "Silence" ("Chinoku" written in 1966) was translated into English by Scorsese and Jay Cocks on the screen faithfully. Book

Martin Scorsese hopes to regard silence as a film about religion, but its central problem is racial