29 pages • 58 minutes read
When the Emperor Was Divine
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002
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1.
How does Otsuka depict the loss of individual identity?
2.
What questions of ethics arise from the mother’s choice to kill the white dog?
3.
Who is included in the “you” that the father addresses in the final section?
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