Kokoro Summary
Natsume Sōseki

Everything you need to understand or teach Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki.

Kokoro Summary & Study Guide

30 Kokoro Lessons
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180 Multiple Choice Questions
60 Short Essay Questions
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Kokoro Summary

Kokoro is a story of one young man searching to fill a void in his life. It is the story of many individuals who long to appease loneliness, and the story of two men who attempt to assuage loneliness through love but only find peace in death. Soseki befriends an older man he calls "Sensei" with the expectation of learning about life. What Soseki does learn is that Sensei is a...

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Natsume Sseki Biographies (2)

Kinnosuke Natsume

8,049 words, approx. 27 pages

Natsume Sseki is probably the most well known and widely read novelist in Japan; so well known is he that his portrait is currently featured on the 1,000-yen bill. Near the end of the Meiji Period wri... Read more

Soseki Natsume

892 words, approx. 3 pages

The Japanese novelist and essayist Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) was one of the greatest Japanese novelists of the modern period. In his fiction and essays he displays keen psychological insight into the... Read more

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