SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Swaddling Clothes
Yukio Mishima
Japan
 JAPAN
Capital: Tokyo
Population: 126,476,461 (2020)
Land Area: 377,915 km²
Language: Nihongo
Currency: Japanese Yen
Type of Government:
Parliamentary
TOURIST
SPOTS
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Chidorigafuchi Green Way
Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue
Mount Fuji
DELICACIES
Sushi
Yakitori
Kaiseki
Sashimi
 Yukio Mishima
Born: Kimitake Hiraoka January
14, 1925 (Tokyo, Japan)
Died: November 25, 1970
(aged 45) Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death: Suicide
by Seppuku
Resting place:
Tama Cemetery
Alma mater:
University
Occupation: of Tokyo
Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Short-Story
writer, Essayist, Critic.
Awards
⚫Shincho Prize from Shinchosha
Publishing, 1954, for The Sound of Waves
⚫Kishida Prize for Drama from Shinchosha
Publishing, 1955 for Shiroari no Su ( 白蟻
の巣 , "Termites' nest")
⚫Yomiuri Prize from Yomiuri Newspaper
Co., for best novel, 1956, 
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
 “Shinbungami”

Swaddling Clothes
Yukio Mishima
Japan
 CHARACTERS

TOSHIKO & HER

FRIENDS
HUSBAND
 CHARACTERS

NURSE DOCTOR HOMELESS MAN

 SETTING
⮚Toshiko’s house
⮚A nightclub in
Tokyo
⮚A park in Tokyo
 EXPOSITION
• Toshiko was always
concerned, she wanted to be
able to spend time with her
husband, but he was always
busy.
 EXPOSITION
• Toshiko’s husband talked about
“the incident” as if it was a joke
and it disgusted Toshiko.

• It get her thinking about what will

happened to the nurse’s child.
 CONFLICT
• Toshiko’s husband continues
talking about “the incident”.

• They left the night club and Toshiko’s

husband puts Toshiko in a cab and tells
the driver where to drop her off, he
then somewhere by herself.
 CONFLICT
• Toshiko keeps thinking about “the
incident”.

• She wondered about the future and

this horrible secret she had to keep.
 CLIMAX
• She took a walk in the park and
spotted an object covered in
newspaper, as she got closer to the
object she noticed that it’s a
human.
 CLIMAX

• She got closer to the human

wondering who he is.
 RESOLUTION
• As she got closer to the young man
she is reminded of the child that
was born and covered in
newspaper.
 RESOLUTION

• When she approached the man, the

man opened his eyes and pulled
her toward himself.
 RESOLUTION
• As Toshiko was being pulled,
she didn’t feel afraid or even
made an effort to fight him
back.
 THEME
“Give to every human
being every right that you
claim for yourself”.
- Robert Ingersoll
 MORAL OF THE STORY

• We are all born equally, no one

should be left behind and deprive
his/her rights as a human being.
 PLOT DEVICES
• These are techniques that
the writer uses to
creatively present the
events in the story.
 Types of Plot Devices
FLASHBACK
It is a plot device where story
moves away from the current
events happening in the story
to time in the past.
 Types of Plot Devices
FORESHADOWING
It is a plot device where story
presents an image or a scene which
gives the reader clues as to events
which will happen in the future.