MADMAN ON THE ROOF

YOSHITARO

MAIN CHARACTER, THE MADMAN, 24, NOT CURSED, JUST MENTALLY ILL

SUEJIRO

YOUNGER BROTHER, STUDENT

GISUKE

FATHER

OYOSHI

MOTHER

TOSAKU

NEIGHBOR WHO SUGGESTED THE HOLY WOMAN

KICHIJI

SERVANT WHO GOT SENT BY GISUKE TO BRING YOSHITARO OFF THE ROOF

HAG

HOLY WOMAN, FRAUD WHO DID A CRUEL RITUAL TO YOSHITARO

MADNESS, FAMILIAL LOVE, SOCIETAL SHAME, SUPERSTITION, NATURE OF HAPPINESS, YOUNGER BROTHER’S WISDOM TO ACCEPT HIS OLDER BROTHER AS IS

THEMES OF THE MADMAN ON THE ROOF

KAN KIKUCHI (HIROSHI KIKUCHI)

THE AUTHOR OF THE MADMAN ON THE ROOF

MEIJI ERA, IN THE THIRTIES

TIME SET IN THE STORY

ISLAND OF THE COAST OF SANSUKI IN THE ISLAND SEA

PLACE SET IN THE STORY

YOSHITARO’S MADNESS AND THE FAMILY’S STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH IT

CONFLICTS OF THE STORY