"The Samurai's Garden" by Gail Tsukiyama.

The essay is about the relationship between two of the characters in the book. The title of the essay is Father Matsu and Son Stephen, why? Well, although these two characters are not related the relationship that evolves seems just that. Father Matsu and Son Stephan In the ideal world every father and son relationship resembles the kind of love and bonding shown on the "Leave it to Beaver" sitcom. Unfortunately, we do not live …

…Matsu's strong yet gentle father figure. And Matsu's personality blossomed into the father he was meant to be due to Stephan's natural need of a father. They are each others missing half. Although it might be a melancholy idea to think that Stephan will never have a healthy relationship with his father, and that Matsu will never have a biological son. It is safe to say that the relationship they have will never be broken.