107 pages • 3 hours read
Ken LiuThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Look at the ways that Asian culture is represented in this collection. How does the author transmit a greater understanding and awareness of Asianness? Why is it important to have Asian characters and voices?
Choose one of the themes and compare the way that Liu uses the theme in two or more of the stories.
Analyze the Chinese language within the collection. Explain how important writing is in Ken Liu’s stories and how it reflects the Chinese culture.
