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    Title of The Story SHIMEKAWA by Naoko Kumagai

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    1) The story is set in Ishikari, Japan in September 1998, July 1989, and August 1973 and follows the characters of Kazuya, Jiro, and their mother. 2) Shimenawa ropes and Torii gates, which ward off evil spirits at Shinto shrines, are important symbols in the story. 3) The beginning establishes the setting of Ishikari where the characters were born or lived.

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    Title of The Story SHIMEKAWA by Naoko Kumagai

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    1) The story is set in Ishikari, Japan in September 1998, July 1989, and August 1973 and follows the characters of Kazuya, Jiro, and their mother. 2) Shimenawa ropes and Torii gates, which ward off evil spirits at Shinto shrines, are important symbols in the story. 3) The beginning establishes the setting of Ishikari where the characters were born or lived.

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    1) The story is set in Ishikari, Japan in September 1998, July 1989, and August 1973 and follows the characters of Kazuya, Jiro, and their mother. 2) Shimenawa ropes and Torii gates, which ward off evil spirits at Shinto shrines, are important symbols in the story. 3) The beginning establishes the setting of Ishikari where the characters were born or lived.

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    Title of The Story SHIMEKAWA by Naoko Kumagai

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    SIMON- Izumi Baban
    1) The story is set in Ishikari, Japan in September 1998, July 1989, and August 1973 and follows the characters of Kazuya, Jiro, and their mother. 2) Shimenawa ropes and Torii gates, which ward off evil spirits at Shinto shrines, are important symbols in the story. 3) The beginning establishes the setting of Ishikari where the characters were born or lived.

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    Title of the story:

    SHIMEKAWA by Naoko Kumagai


    Short Background about the Author:

    Naoko Kumagai has a background in journalism, publicity, screenwriting,


    and filmmaking. She's been awarded the Canadian Film Centre's
    screenwriting prize, has been published in Rice Paper and Event magazine
    and won Room magazine's non-fiction contest in 2014.

    Who are the main characters? What is the setting of the story?
    (both time and place?)
    Kazuya September 1998 (Tuesday Morning)
    Jiro July 1989
    August 1973
    Mother Ishikari
    Japan
    What are the important symbols in the story and
    Who are the supporting characters? what does each represent?
    Aunt Yuko Shimenawa are believed to act as a ward against evil
    spirits.
    Yukio Mishima Torii Gates, The Entrance to Shinto Shrines. Perhaps
    the most recognizable symbols of Shintoism are the
    majestic gates that mark the entrance to Shinto
    shrines.

    What is the point of view? Use one sentence to summarize the beggining:
    The point of view of the story is Ishikari where Kazuya born and other
    Omniscient Third Person. characters were told in the story.

    What is the main conflict of the story? Use one sentence to summarize the middle:
    The uncle told the mother of Jiro that "You must commit suicide at the
    Jiro needs to learn to be a man so he height of your beauty" it is related to
    punished Jiro by wrapping a rope Kazuya's death.
    around Jiro's body.

    Describe the tone of the story: Use one sentence to summarize the end:
    "He must eat his dinner properly"
    The tone of the story is informal
    then Kazuya tied a thick knot on
    because the narrator is relaxed
    while narrating the story. Jiro's body because he wants to
    teach Jiro to be a man.

    What are the main theme? What else?

    The story shared a specific


    culture in the country.

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