51 pages 1 hour read

Grace M. Cho

Tastes Like War: A Memoir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

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Essay Topics

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How does Cho illustrate the relationship between food and care? How does she show that nourishment involves more than calories and vitamins? What other kinds of care does Cho portray in the memoir?

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How does Cho come to realize that her family’s interpersonal dynamic is symptomatic of injustices in the wider world? To what extent does her father play the role of colonial oppressor?

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How and to what extent does Cho portray schizophrenia as a social disease rather than a biological one? In your opinion and with close reference to the text, how does learning about the social causes of schizophrenia influence the reader’s attitude toward Cho’s mother?