Hey Come on Out By Sinichi Hoshi SUMMARY

“H-ey, Come on Ou-t!” By: Sinichi Hoshi

SUMMARY By: Kaitlyn Wells

Have you ever wondered what would happen if everything that the human race neglected in the world, came back to haunt the human race?

A brief summary of the story “He-y, Come on Ou-t” ● The short story begins in a village on the edge of a nearby city ● A typhoon has recently caused damage to the village ● An old shrine had been swept away by a landslide in the typhoon ● A hole was found where the shrine had been

summary ● The hole was extremely deep and when the villagers first came across it a young man shouted into the hole “‘Hey-y come on ou-t! (and). . . energetically threw (a) pebble in”(Hoshi 152 -153) ● This hole went on for farther than anyone could imagine and some thought it “went clear through the center of the earth”(152)

summary The hole was bought and used to dispose of anything and everything the people wanted to get rid of From the many uses of this hole the small village became famous and grew into a large city The ending and climax of the story is when a construction worker hears someone yell “‘He-y come on ou-t!”’(Hoshi 155) and a pebble falls from the sky

Literary Devices By: Victoria Ngo

Literary Devices Foreshadowing: - when the hole is discovered, a man throws in a pebble and shouts to see if anyone is there - a man says, ‘‘‘You might bring a curse down on us. Lay off’’’ (Old man 153) - the people think nothing of it and start to dispose their waste into the hole - towards the end of the story a man sees the falling pebble and hears the shouting from above - it shows that the rest of everything else that was thrown in must be coming down

Literary Devices Irony: - the city thought to have found a solution for the dangerous waste they have been producing and that the waste would disappear in the hole - the government stated: “there would be absolutely no aboveground contamination for several thousand years” (Hoshi 154) - everyone does not realize they are dumping everything right back on themselves - “what goes around comes back around”

Literary Devices Symbolism: - the shrine that is used to worship/respect something was “replaced” by the hole - villagers thought the hole made the city more prosperous and got rid of their worries - “the hole gave peace of mind to the dwellers of the city” (Hoshi 155) - the hole symbolizes the actions of the people - villagers are not aware that was dumped in the hole and the waste falling back down is a reflection of the bad actions that were made

Character Discussion Anja Radoja

3. Discussion of characters and their conflicts ➔ Main character is hard to find ➔ None of the characters are named ➔ Characters are referred to by their profession as well as whether they are older or younger ➔ Character conflicts: ◆ Person vs. Society ● Influence of one person on a whole town ◆ Person vs. Nature ● Misusing unknown commodity ● Harming the planet with chemicals and people’s waste ● Pebble thrown from the sky

THEMES By: Rashmeet Kaur

MAIN THEME The actions one takes have a way of circling back around to affect them Evidence: In the beginning a young man shouts, “‘Hey-y, come on ou-t!’. . . he picked up a pebble [and]. . . threw it in” (Hoshi 152 -153)the hole Later on, “A workman was taking a break [when]. . . he heard a voice shout: ‘Hey, come on ou-t!’ [and] a small

THEME Experience makes an individual wiser, therefore heed the advice of elders Evidence: An old man warns the villagers, “‘You might bring down a curse on us. Lay off, ’ but the younger one energetically threw the pebble in” (153) the hole

THEME Shortcuts lead to short-term gain and long-term pain Evidence: When the scientist is faced with the hole he orders the villagers and concessionaires to “‘fill it in, ’ [because it is] safer to get rid of something one didn’t understand” (153) The hole becomes the “perfect [place] for the disposal of such things as waste from nuclear reactors, . . . boxes of unnecessary classified documents [and] bodies of animals used in contagious disease experiments” (154 -155)

THEME Greed often leads to an unbalance in society Evidence: The village people protest, “‘Well we can’t very well give you the hole. We have to build a shrine there’” (153), but when presented with an offer of a shrine “with an attached meeting hall” (154) the people believe that “‘it’s just an old hole’”

Additional Information By Kaitlyn Wells

Definitions Shrine A place that is known as to be holy because it is associated with a sacred person or relic. It is usually marked by a building or some other constructed object. Concessionaire A person, group or company whom something has been granted to specifically to operate a business or service

The Narrator’s point of view In this story the point of view of the narrator is third person all knowing The reader is not informed on the personalities or names of the characters The narrator gives the reader a view of all of society and not just a single character’s point of view Examples: “The scientist was puzzled but he could not very well give up with everyone watching him so intently” (Hoshi 153).

The villain of the story ● In a story the villain does not need to be just one person ● In this short story the villain is all of society working as one to destroy the earth ○ “The hole gave peace of mind to the dwellers of the city. They concentrated solely on producing one thing after another. Everyone disliked thinking about the eventual consequences”(155).

Humour: ) This story has a light tone and throughout it the reader catches hints of humour in the author’s language “Another reporter, a camera in hand, who had been watching all of this, quietly untied a stout rope that had been wound around his waist”(153) “The scientist contacted people at his laboratory and had them bring out a high-powered bull horn” (153) “‘Shall I make it with an attached meeting hall? ”’(154) “Hole- filling company”(154) “The hole cleansed the city of its filth”(155)