The Man in the High Castle | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. Chapter 1 introduces the setting of the novel as being in San Francisco twenty years after World War II. What signs are there that there has been a different outcome to this war from the history as we know it?

The author gives the reader several signs that in this novel's early 1960s setting World WW II has had a different outcome.. Not only is San Francisco suffering from the destruction of the war, but the Japanese and Germans have taken over the United States. Minor signs such as marijuana being legal and Childan remembering "the former, better world" also exist.

2. In Chapter 1, the author introduces the characters of Mr. Tagomi and the Kasouras as clients of Childan through the juxtaposition of conversations he has with each. What do we learn about each as a result? How...
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