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Nakayama-sensei
Grandpa Nakane is Father’s father and Grandma Nakane’s second husband. He is an expert boatbuilder and sailor, but his boats are confiscated when he and Grandma Nakane are imprisoned at the Pool in Vancouver. Grandpa Nakane falls ill at the Pool and suffers from poor health for the rest of his life.
Grandpa Nakane Quotes in Obasan
The Obasan quotes below are all either spoken by Grandpa Nakane or refer to Grandpa Nakane. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18
Quotes
It is always so. We must always honor the wishes of others before our own. We will make the way smooth by restraining emotion. Though we might wish Grandma and Grandpa to stay, we must watch them go. To try to meet one’s own needs in spite of the wishes of others is to be “wagamama”—selfish and inconsiderate. Obasan teaches me not to be wagamama by always heeding everyone’s needs. That is why she is waiting patiently beside me at this bridge. That is why, when I am offered gifts, I must first refuse politely. It is such a tangle trying to decipher the needs and intents of others.
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Grandpa Nakane Quotes in Obasan
The Obasan quotes below are all either spoken by Grandpa Nakane or refer to Grandpa Nakane. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 18
Quotes
It is always so. We must always honor the wishes of others before our own. We will make the way smooth by restraining emotion. Though we might wish Grandma and Grandpa to stay, we must watch them go. To try to meet one’s own needs in spite of the wishes of others is to be “wagamama”—selfish and inconsiderate. Obasan teaches me not to be wagamama by always heeding everyone’s needs. That is why she is waiting patiently beside me at this bridge. That is why, when I am offered gifts, I must first refuse politely. It is such a tangle trying to decipher the needs and intents of others.
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