BAREFOOT GEN

Barefoot Gen

Barefoot Gen

Introduction

The study is related to Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa. The experience of Nakazawa of WWII seems to be more thematically based on the need to remember the events that occurred and to make sure it is never forgotten.

Discussion

Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen presents a theme that leans more to the conservation of the memories and experiences of post WWII events. The primary example of this is displayed through the character so Seiji. In the film, Seiji was injured badly by the atomic bomb. In turn, Seiji's community and even his family shun him from society. As a ...