Last Word answers â€œDoes anyone know Endo's personal beliefs...â€� â€� Silence Q&A

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Does anyone know Endo's personal beliefs and his relationship with the Japanese government? The Japanese government paid for his education. Do you think they paid for the ending of the book?

Last Word Given the nativism sympathies of the author and the ambiguous nature of the novel's resolution, your skepticism is understandable. The Japanese governâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðGiven the nativism sympathies of the author and the ambiguous nature of the novel's resolution, your skepticism is understandable. The Japanese government would certainly be sympathetic to the conclusions but as the translator of the edition I read said, the Christians living in Nagasaki when the book was released were less happy with the book's characterization of their faith.(less)

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