Hikari Oe
Kenzaburo Oe
Themes
Supporting Characters
Important Events
100

What disabilities does Hikari have?

What is autism, visual impairment, and epilepsy?

100

What prize did Kenzaburo win for his works inspired by Hikari?

What is the Nobel Prize for Literature?

100

What major theme/characteristic did Kenzaburo first struggle with in the beginning of Hikari's childhood?

What is patience?

100

What objects did Yukari Oe enjoy illustrating the most?

What are flowers?

100

What catastrophic event does Kenzaburo often compare his life to?

What is the bombing of Hiroshima?


If you are interested in learning more about Kenzaburo's thoughts on Hiroshima, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az4Px2_3Kmc

200

What is the meaning of Hikari's name in Japanese?

What is light?


If you want to learn more about the life of Hikari, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfokmRlxv3w

200

What other book did Kenzaburo write that was also critically acclaimed and based on life with Hikari?

What is A Personal Matter?

200

What important theme did Kenzaburo learn that was crucial for understanding Hikari?

What is communication?


If you want to learn more about Kenzaburo's thoughts on society, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_gamHX6mA

200

What experience did the daughter of Kenzaburo have that helped her take better care of Hikari?

What is volunteering at an elderly home?

200

Where was Hikari's 30th birthday celebrated?

Where is the Kobenzl in Salzburg?

300

What is the title of Hikari's first recorded CD?

What is the Music of Hikari Oe?


If you are interested in Hikari's music, you can listen to his first album by clicking the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed73hdy_n4

300

Where did Kenzaburo often take his children when they were younger?

Where is a small village in Shikoku, Japan?

300

What theme did Kenzaburo learn from his university professor, Kazuo Watanabe?

What is humanism?


If you want to learn more about Kenzaburo's thoughts on society, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_gamHX6mA

300

Who was the neurosurgeon that performed the birth surgery on Hikari that saved his life?

Who was Dr. Moriyasu?

300

What year did Hikari record and release his first album of musical compositions?

What is 1994?


If you are interested in Hikari's music, you can listen to his first album by clicking the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed73hdy_n4


400

Who did Hikari surprisingly have a close relationship to?

Who is Grandmother Oe?

400

What did Kenzaburo write about to distract himself from coping with Hikari's deformities? 

What is the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs?


If you are interested in learning more about Kenzaburo's thoughts on the bombing of Hiroshima, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az4Px2_3Kmc

400

What incorporated theme in the book did Kenzaburo's wife adapt to immediately after the birth of Hikari, while Kenzaburo struggled?

What is the theme of acceptance?

400

Who was the Japanese woman who played the piano in Hikari's first album of compositions?

Who is Akiko Ebi?


If you are interested in Hikari's music, you can listen to his first album by clicking the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed73hdy_n4

400

What event happened that influenced Hikari to compose a somber piano piece called "May the Plane Not Fall"?

What is Kenzaburo and his wife traveling to Europe and leaving Hikari?


If you are interested in Hikari's music, you can listen to his first album by clicking the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed73hdy_n4

500

What famous composer did Hikari make a tribute to?

Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?


If you are interested in Hikari's music, you can listen to his first album by clicking the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed73hdy_n4


500

What part of society did A Healing Family, along with works inspired by Hikari, impact the most?

What are the mentally and physically disabled?


If you want to learn more about Kenzaburo's thoughts on society, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_gamHX6mA

500

What are the three main characteristics that Kenzaburo seek for his readers to achieve and apply in their daily lives?

What are acceptance, patience, and compassion?


If you are interested in learning more about Kenzaburo's thoughts on society, click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_gamHX6mA


500

Who's voice did Hikari memorize the "look" of?

Who is novelist Shohei Ooka?

500

Where did Hikari record his compositions?

Where is Nippon Columbia in Japan?

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