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The Vegetarian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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Essay Topics

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The novel is set in Korea and was originally written in Korean. Analyze aspects of Korean culture as they are expressed in the novel

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Both In-hye and Yeong-hye marry men who do not understand them. Compare the two marriages and what roles the husbands play in the novel’s plot.

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Describe how shifts in the weather throughout the novel reflect other characteristics of the novel’s plot.

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