08-11 Suffering and Resilience
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The sources explore suffering and endurance through nature and Japanese folklore. A narrator compares their unhappy life to a stunted chestnut tree that is constantly crushed by winter snows. Several poems and prose sections further detail the bitter cruelty often endured by stepchildren, including physical abuse and starvation. Finally, a miraculous stone Buddha intervenes to save a starving boy, prompting his cruel stepmother to show kindness.