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Another prove shows that Shimamura is a selfish person, is when Komako does not like to talk about Yukio, Shimamura does not care about that. Even he
asks Komako to Yukio’s grave. At the cemetery, they see Yoko. Shimamura asks Komako if Yoko lives
alone. Komako answers that Shimamura say things he has no business saying. Shimamura does not understand why Komako feels irritated whenever he asks
about Yoko. It shows Shimamura’s selfishness and does not care about Komako’s feeling. Even when he is with Komako, he shows his interest in Yoko.
4.1.1.5 Inconsistent
At first, Shimamura only wants to be friend with Komako, and he does not want to have an affair with her. Seems that at first Shimamura rejects Komako,
make a distance and give no hope for her. He wants only be friend with her and have no affair with Komako. It can be seen from Shimamura’s mannerism that
only friendship that he felt for Komako. He always keeps a distance from Komako.
He said he felt only friendship for the woman, but he had his reasons for thus stepping into a shallow water without taking the
final plunge. And something like that evening mirror was no doubt at work here too. He disliked the thought of drawn-out
complications from an affair with a woman whose positions was so ambiguous 24;
Shimamura refuses Komako on his first visit, because Komako is not a geisha yet.”I keep having the wrong ideas. I can’t even sit here talking to you the
way I would like to” 20.
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Later when he knows that Komako has become geisha on his second visit, he feels differently. At first, he feels doubt to have deeper relationship with
Komako because her being a geisha. Shimamura assumed that Komako is not pure anymore, but Komako reminds Shimamura that she is not a prostitute. “But I’m
not that sort of woman. I’m not that sort of woman” 43. Convinced by this, Shimamura decides to have an affair with her. Eventually, Shimamura wants
Komako and enjoys their relationship and even he gets back to the Snow Country and looks for her to accompany him. Shimamura is considered as an inconsistent
person by saying “You remember what you said then? But you were wrong. Why else would anyone come to such a place in December?”39. On one side, he does
not want Komako to think that he wants a serious relationship, but on the other hand he assures Komako that he comes to the snow country in the cold weather
only to visit Komako. His inconsistence also can be seen from his mannerism towards Komako,
“As her voice rose higher, Shimamura began to feel a little frightened. How far would that strong, sure touch take him?” 71. It shows that actually Shimamura is
so deeply enthralled with Komako that he is worried about his feeling. On his third visit to the hot spring, from Shimamura’s manner that acts as
if they had never have an affair before, we can know that Shimamura is inconsistent. When Komako reminds Shimamura that he has promised to come on
the fourteenth of February to see the deepest snow in the snow country, he does not give any explanation why he breaks his promise.
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Finally Shimamura left her at the end of the story as he realizes that their relationship is anguish. From the thoughts of the main character, Shimamura who
finally realize that his visit to the Snow Country is only for pampering himself, but not for forever, then he slowly keep distance with Komako.
He had stayed so long that one might wonder wheter he had forgotten his wife and children. He stayed not because he could not
leave Komako nor because he did not want to. He had simply fallen into the habit of waiting for those frequent visits 155.
Shimamura should feel that a separation was forcing itself upon them 172. Shimamura is considered as an inconsistant person since he always changes
his attitudes and manners throughout the novel towards Komako.
4.2 Shimamura’s Motivation to Have Love Relationship with Komako 4.2.1 Intrinsic Motivation
