Temple of the Golden Pavilion Chapter 1

Mizoguchi is a boy who has a stuttering problem and is always teased at school. He is a longer because he thinks that he cant connect with the outside world due to his stuttering problem. When Mizoguchi meets the soldier in the schoolyard he relates the man to having power. Mizoguchi has a desire to have power, to be in control of the lives of everyone who tormented him and in control of the world. The event with Uiko in the early morning, I think, was Mizoguchi's attempt to communicate with someone that intrigued him, and when he fails to communicate he is disappointed and feels foolish. When Uiko and the desterter die, Mizoguchi doenst show any sort of emotion. He says, "all that remained was the chill," referring to the night air. Before Mizoguchi ever sees the Golden temple he has a picture in his mind of how beautiful it is, based off of all the stories his father had told him. But when he finally sees the temple he is not impressed. Maybe he sees beauty in a too material, physical manner that he fails to see the historical beauty along with the temples architectural beauty. After he visits the temple it seems as though he starts to realize the beauty of the temple because he is consumed with its image.