![]() ![]() ![]() Through the novel, they grow to appreciate and respect each other's strengths and reconceive what they initially saw as barbaric until more understandable differences of worldview. This is especially true early on in the novel, where Blackthorne saw the Japanese as uncaring about life and all too willing to kill, and the Japanese regarded Blackthorne as a barbarian and uncivilized. In particular, by shifting from Blackthorne (the Englishman) to various Japanese characters, one can see how each saw the other. Clavell switches the point of view through out the book, allowing the reader to get different perspectives on the events and motivations of the characters. ![]() The book tells a fictionalized version of the rise of the long ruling Tokugawa shogunate through the eyes (at least in part) of a English pilot who shipwrecks in Japan (and is the first English person to get to Japan-based on the real life account of William Adams). Though only spanning 6 months or so, it truly is epic. James Clavell's classic epic novel Shogun lives up to its reputation. Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan by James Clavell ![]()
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