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Shogun Study Guide

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by James Clavell
About 93 pages (27,988 words)

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Shogun Study Guide consists of approx. 93 pages of summaries and analysis on Shogun by James Clavell. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

The prologue details the storm that sends the ship to land at Japan. The crew is in poor condition with many dead. In chapter one, John Blackthorne, pilot-major of the trading ship Erasmus, wakes in a very neat room. He is given food and realizes that he remembers little from the storm and the arrival in this bay. The ship is intact. A priest arrives who says that Blackthorne is going to die, but does not elaborate. A samurai arrives and the priest says the samurai's name is Kasigi Omi. The people gathered with the priest to threaten Blackthorne bow at Omi's arrival and when one man fails to bow, the samurai uses his sword to slice off the man's head. As everyone leaves, the samurai laughs aloud then hacks up the body into small pieces. (read more)
      Chapters One through Six
      Chapters Seven and Eight
      Chapters Ten through Nineteen
      Chapters Twenty through Twenty-Nine
      Chapters Thirty through Thirty-Nine
      Chapters Forty through Forty-Six
      Chapters Forty-Seven through Fifty-One
      Chapters Fifty-Two through Fifty-Nine
      Chapters Sixty and Sixty-One

  Characters

  Characters

  Objects/Places

  Social Concerns

  Techniques

  Thematic Overview

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1
      Critical Essay #2

  Quotes

  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Key Questions

  Topics for Discussion

  Literary Precedents

  For Further Study

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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