April 21, 2011

The conclusion of the novel was quite interesting. Being the only time where we get an opportunity to hear the story being told from the father’s perspective. It puts a spin on the whole conflict of the novel. He unveils it in this chapter in his rant and it is racism.

While he never says anything out right, he is basically saying that he is as American as they come and he is also saying that anybody can be a spy not just a Japanese person. Although Otsuka gave him a weird tone, I got the message loud and clear.

While I was reading all I could picture was someone being interrogated and admitting to something they knew they didn’t do, due to the fact that they were being tortured. It’s quite frightening. But Otsuka is pretty much questing the government and their motives in this novel. And I loved it.