A Souvenir of Japan
The main elements of this story deal with the interaction of character and setting. The main character and also narrator of this story is in denial of the truth, her lover is not in love with her, he is just obsessed with the idea of being in love with her. Both of these characters are conscious of this doomed relationship, but both are powerless to stop it. In the beginning of the story the main character describes the customs of Japan and the role of the women and how they just occupy the room and rarely come out of it. “In a society where men dominate they value women only as the object of men’s passions” therefore to her lover she was just an object, but not just any object a rarity in Japan. She was not like the rest of the natives; she was Caucasian and therefore making her more exotic and consequently making the affair more passionate and exciting for her native lover. It seemed that this man had a great deal of lust for her, which she interpreted as love and so she l
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, main character, relationship based, beginning story, idea love, trying convince,
Approximate Word count = 660
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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