A Mans Way Home

Let’s imagine the lives of two very different men. The first was born to a single mother. As a boy he grows up without knowing who his father is except the little his mother tells him. He struggles with the effects of poverty, second hand clothes from the charity shops, the unhealthiest microwave meals, and a mother who I barely home as she works two jobs to support them both. His schooling suffers his teachers who are all women, consistently mark him down, he finds it difficult to concentrate and has trouble controlling his temper. He consistently fails his classes, and returns home to his mother who becomes more and more disappointed with him. He internalises this a begins to feel that he will never be a success; will never have a good job and will probably end up committing crime, and ending up in prison being raped. He begins to exercise and workout, the only thing he enjoyed in school. He grows his body but not his mind, becoming a strapping young ladies man. The second is born to...

Japan is a concern. Its is a country which is currently seeing the result of an intense period of sociological alteration and reformation. With plunging birth rates, the highest suicide rates on the plant, a shrinking and rapidly aging population, the rise of Hikikimori; an expression of people's loneliness and isolation in modern society. What has been the result of these changes and problems? Nearly 20 years of economic recession. So what happened? What brought Japan to this point where they as a society are slowly collapsing, and the interference of the state does little to improve the situation? Well since the beginning of the Meiji restoration the Japanese have changed their culture to become more westernised. A process that was partly forced by the Americans, who after sailing across the Pacific on their black ships threatened Japan with war and colonization if they did not open their borders to trade and outside influence. This enforced openness and influence from the wester...