Megan Guimon Saliba Alternative Calendars 11 January 2000 Change Is The Only Constant With life comes death, with destruction comes rebirth, and with fear often comes understanding and growth. Constant change within our environment surrounds and invades our existence--which too is ever changing, growing, digressing and evolving. Often a sad tone resounds within this acceptance of uncontrolled fluctuation. It is the sad or destructive experiences that one wishes could be controlled; and often those become more apparent …showed first 75 words of 1710 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1710 total…cycles. In an attempt to accept the changes that constantly occur around them, the Makioka’s must also accept the impermanence which continues to pass within their own daily lives. The subtle suggestions that Tanizaki incorporates into The Makioka Sisters truly reveals the deeply rooted connections concerning impermanence within the lives and experiences of the sisters and those that occur in their environment. Bibliography Works Cited Tanizaki, Junichiro. The Makioka Sisters. New York: Vintage Books, 1995