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his faith when he has seen suffering and persecution toward the Christians by Japanese government. They also force to apostasy their faith. What he has seen
made him doubt about the existence of God, The Almighty. It can be seen in page 96:
I supposed I should simply cast from my mind these meaningless words of the coward; yet why does his plaintive voice pierce my breast with all
the pain of a sharp needle? Why has Our Lord imposed this torture and this persecution on poor Japanese peasants? No, Kichijiro was trying to
express something different, something even more sickening. The silence of God. Already twenty years have passed since the persecution broke out;
the black soil of Japan has been filled with the lament of so many Christians; the red blood of priests has flowed profusely; and in the face of
this terrible and merciless sacrifice offered up to Him, God has remained silent. This was the problem that lay behind the plaintive question of
Kichijiro.
2. True Meaning Id
The deeper meaning of Sebastian Rod rigues’ decision to convert to
Buddhism can be seen after the readers read the novel completely. It means that the decision of Rodrigues can be explained not only by showing the meaning of
what the character says, but also it can be explained from the motivation of the character. I
n explaining the deeper meaning of Rodrigues‟ decision, we can analyze from the character’s do and say.
In order to reveal the true meaning, the researcher used motivation theory from Freud 1958 and Jung 1978.In the beginning of the story, we must know
first that Rodrigues‟ mission come to Japan is not to baptize people or spreading gospel throughout the islands. His mission and the only mission is to find his
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former teacher in the Seminary. He is father Ferreira who lost contact with the Jesuit order and the Holy See.
Actually, in Rodrigues‟ mind there is no dream to become in the difficult situation, especially in the year of Japan‟s persecution. His mission is so simple,
to find the truth about his teacher, Ferreira, whether he is apostates his Catholic faith or not. Furthermore, if Ferreira has been found, they will take him to go back
to Portugal with him and Garrpe. Rodrigues has a great confidence that his teacher did not apostate his faith.
Rodrigues‟ idealistic minds fall into doubt when he meets Inoue, the governor of Chikugo a former Catholic and an old samurai. He has a good
reputation in the Kingdom of Japan about torturing Christians and he forces them to apostate the Catholic faith. Inoue has a good idea to kill some of Christians
include father Garrpe, Rodrigues‟ best friend.
There are three Christians, and Garrpe, that are rolled out in the sea. The way to save the Christian is if Garrpe apostate
his faith. In Rodrigues‟ mind, he wants Garrpe to apostate his faith, but he still remembers about his image as a
priest, in the other hand he wants to save the life of the people. Finally, they are all dead drowns among the waves. Rodrigues‟ feel disappointed about that event,
especially when the interpreter mocked him as a weak-willed and not proper to be called “father”.
„Father, have you thought of the suffering you have inflicted on so many peasants just because of your dreams, just because you want to impose
your selfish dream upon Japan. Look Blood is flowing again. The blood PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
