"Why would you want to be a samurai anyway? So you
could beat up on poor peasants like us?" Goemon asked..
W hat do readers learn about Manjiro from the qualities
he hopes to have?
"I wouldn't be that kind of samurai," Manjiro said. "I'd be
like the noble samurai of old times: heroic warriors who
were loyal to their lords, and who studied calligraphy and
poetry as well as the art of fighting."
-Heart of a Samurai
Manjiro accepts his fate of being a fisherman.
Manjiro just wants to do exactly what is expected of
him
Manjiro wishes to be educated in things other than
fishing
Manjiro wants to be a samurai just so he can leam
Vargi Preus
Intro
Done