The Artist
The Artist is a short story composed by the **** writer Shiga Naoya. This story expresses the traditional look of teachers and guardians towards the students. The teacher and the guardians think that spending time on things other than studies is only the wastage of time. In this story, Seibi is a twelve years old school going boy. He is keenly interested in polishing gourds. He tried to involve him in polishing gourds whenever he got time. His father did not like it. He told Seibi to sing Namiwabushi ballads. But Seibi tried to continue his hobby in spite of his father'* open dislike. When he got time he went to the market and collected gourds of different sizes. One day he bought a five inch gourd from an old woman. This particular gourd appealed him very much. He took it to school and began to polishing it under his desk.
One day he was caught red handed by the ethics teacher. The teacher became very with Seibi for neglecting his studies and playing with gourds. The teacher took the gourd with him and following Seibi to his home. The father and mother of Seibi scolded him and broke all the gourds. They told Seibi not to do again. Thus, we see that the teacher and the parents did not care for the interest of the child. This is an injustice to ***.
