![]() Each of them - prominent, powerful, or flawed in his own way - has to rise to a unique challenge. Soon Ludo embarks on a quest to find his father, and approaches seven men to test their mettle. And both Sibylla and Ludo share a passion for Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, which they watch repeatedly, absorbing its lessons of samurai virtue. With her exasperated guidance, he teaches himself Greek, so that he can read The Odyssey, before moving on to study Hebrew, Arabic, Inuit, and Japanese. ![]() And, in place of a father, Sibylla familiarises Ludo with the film "Seven Samurai", hoping to quell his desire for the one piece of information she withholds from him - the identity of his father. Helen DeWitts extraordinary debut, The Last Samurai, centers on the relationship between Sibylla, a single mother of precocious and rigorous intelligence, and her son, who, owing to his mothers singular attitude to education, develops into a prodigy of learning. ![]() ![]() Sibylla's alternative ideas on child rearing see Ludo learning piano at 3, Greek at 4, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, aerodynamics and edible insects of the world at 5. The Last Samurai Helen DeWitts 2000 debut, The Last Samurai, was destined to become a cult classic (Miramax). Ludo, a child genius, and his mother, Sibylla, the descendent of a long line of frustrated talents. The story starts with a little child name Ludo. ![]()
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