A Research of Sin and Forgiveness of Ayako Miura''s Freezing Point

• Main Authors: Pei-Shan Tsai, 蔡佩珊
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48128829917762116775

碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 應用日語研究所 === 99 === Ayako Miura wrote Freezing Point in 1964 and won the ten million yen award which was held by The Asahi Shimbun Company. Freezing Point mainly talked about the original sin in human hearts. The story centered on an ordinary family. The daughter of the family was accidentally killed, and the father adopted the murderer’s daughter. The author used such an unusual event to depict the evil that hidden in the hearts of people, and the conflict within this family. Ayako Miura conveyed the idea of sin by concise and precise descriptions which helped the readers realize the existence of sin. Freezing Point has been well-known and been widely discussed. Ayako Miura encountered many setbacks in her life. After Japan was defeated in World War II, the militarism she deeply believed was collapsed. And later she suffered from tuberculosis for thirteen years. During this period, with the help of her friends she got to know God and studied the Bible finally became a Christian. The frustrated experiences in her early life helped her to trust in God deeply. Her works were religious and showed her strong faith in God. The descriptions of sin and forgiveness were based on the Bible and clearly conveyed to the readers. Ayako Miura subsequently published new works one after another, such as Hitsujigaoka and Shiokari Pass which were all related to sin and forgiveness. The issues discussed from the sin-question and forgiveness between people to God''s love toward men were revealed profoundly in these works. The current research focused on Freezing Point and investigated the different facets of sin which were behind behaviors and thoughts of the main characters. And then the research found out the relationship between sin and egocentricity. Secondly, in the Sequel of Freezing Point, the forgiveness between people, and God''s forgiveness toward men were the main issues. Finally, the research added two of Ayako Miura’s works, Hitsujigaoka and Shiokari Pass, to go deeper and continually study the relationship between forgiveness, love and self-sacrifice.