81 pages 2 hours read

Yangsze Choo

The Night Tiger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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Essay Topics

1.

Using direct quotes, name and analyze Choo’s methods for building suspense within The Night Tiger’s narrative.

2.

Using more than one White character as a reference point, describe how the colonial, white supremacist characteristics of European characters interact with both local people and local modes of social organization. 

3.

How does patriarchy shape Ji Lin’s choices or lack thereof? Also, how does she adapt and survive within a social structure that is highly hostile to her because she is a woman? Use evidence from the text.