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Obasan Study Guide

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by Joy Kogawa
About 79 pages (23,620 words)
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Obasan Study Guide consists of approx. 79 pages of summaries and analysis on Obasan by Joy Kogawa. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

Obasan is Joy Kogawa's autobiographical novel of her memories of life as a Japanese Canadian growing up in the 1940's and 1950's. Kogawa's novel explores the horrors of the internment of thousands of Japanese Canadian people during World War II, as well as her emotional catharsis, as she comes to terms with her own personal history. (read more)
      Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
      Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8
      Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
      Chapter 14
      Chapters 15, 16 and 17
      Chapters 18, 19 and 20
      Chapters 21, 22 and 23
      Chapters 24, 25 and 26
      Chapters 27, 28 and 29
      Chapters 30, 31, 32 and 33
      Chapters 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1
      Critical Essay #2
      Critical Essay #3

  Topics for Further Study

  What Do I Read Next?

  For Further Study

  Sources

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