the spider's thread

   The Spider's Thread was written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. The story is about a great robber who had done many evil things, Kandata.

 “The Spider's Thread” is simple. A criminal sits in hell, either surrounded by the Pond of Blood or atop the Mountain of Needles. Above him, in Paradise, is Buddha, the compassionate being who leads others out of suffering. Because, just once in his life, the criminal himself was compassionate, The Buddha sends down a thin spider thread to save him. The rub? The criminal must again be compassionate if he is to leave hell and join the Buddha in 

paradise.

    When Buddha looked down into Hell, he remembered the small kindness that Kandata performed in life which earns him a chance at redemption.

  

     The Buddha quietly lowers a spider's thread into Hell.Kandata had been rising and sinking with the other sinners in the Pool of Blood on the Floor of Hell. On this day, Kandata lifted his head by chance. He saw a silver spider's thread and thought that this thread may help him enter the Paradise.He uses this to ascend and hold it tightly.

Miraculously, The thin thread supports not only Kandata but hundreds of sinners also attempting to escape. Because of the selfishness Kandata voice out loudly that the thread is for him. At that moment, the thread suddenly broke showing no sign.

afro-asian: afro-asian literature

afro-asian: afro-asian literature: Afro-Asian , or Blasian , means a person of mixed race,Black and East Asian. Afro-Asian Literature is a term for novels or writing such as...

afro-asian literature

Afro-Asian, or Blasian, means a person of mixed race,Black and East Asian.Afro-Asian Literature is a term for novels or writing such as poems written by people from mixed African-Arab ethnicity, or African-Asian ethnicity. In modern times, a a part of world literature, Afro-Asian literature is a separate segment of writing of experiences in African and Asia to further cultural understanding and world peace. 

Afro-Asian literature is the literature from whole Africa and Asia. these literature include stories, myths and 

others. Afro-Asian literature refers to the literary output of the various countries and cultures in Africa and Asia. This includes their oral traditions and from the first to the contemporary written and/or published prose and poetry.Afro Asian describes someone or something from both Africa and Asia.In modern times, a part of world literature, Afro-Asian literature is a separate segment of writing of experiences in African and Asia to further cultural understanding and world peace.