Kokoro Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part III, Sensei's Testament (through 207) Summary

Part III, Sensei's Testament (through 207) Summary

Sensei's friend K is in need of a place to stay. Okusan does not want another boarder and tells Sensei she does not trust strangers. Sensei tells her he was once a stranger. Okusan responds that Sensei was different and continues to tell him he will regret moving K into their home. When Sensei informs her he worries about K's health and hopes she and Ojosan will treat K as well as they have treated him, Okusan acquiesces.

Sensei has known K since childhood. K was adopted by an affluent doctor. Once in Tokyo, K defies his foster parents' wishes that he study to become a doctor and secretly pursues studies in theology. Sensei does not know if K is influenced by his natural father who was a priest, but he reprimands his friend all the same for deceiving his foster parents. K agrees he is being deceptive, but believes...
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