A Family Supper | Themes
The conflict between generations in a changing Japan develops the primary theme of the novel, which suggests that the ways of the past are giving way to new values that have not fully developed in the younger generation. The story represents ancient Japan through the setting of Kamakura, a site of Shogun power, as well as the more recent past through references to the World War II generation, which still places value on suicide as an expression of honor in the face of defeat. The father is beginning to understand that these values have less meaning for him than they once did, but he has...
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