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Why do you think Buck chooses to begin the story with a flashback to Sadao's childhood? What tone does the flashback set for the rest of the story? What do we learn from the opening passage about Sadao's relationship with his father?
Students might compare their first impressions of Sadao and his father from the beginning of the story with the events that follow, noticing how much they picked up on Sadao's father's sternness and/or nationalism in the opening passage. They might identify specific techniques used by the author to convey information about the relationship between father and son in the flashback (for example, word choice, tone, or nature imagery). They...
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