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The Paper Menagerie

Ken Liu
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107 pages • 3 hours read

Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2016

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    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? 

    2.

    Choose one of the themes and compare the way that Liu uses the theme in two or more of the stories.  

    3.

    Analyze the Chinese language within the collection. Explain how important writing is in Ken Liu’s stories and how it reflects the Chinese culture. 

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