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    A Study Guide for Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath"
    A Study Guide for Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath"
    A Study Guide for Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath"
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    A Study Guide for Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath"

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    A Study Guide for Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535817691
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      A Study Guide for Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath" - Gale

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      Aftermath

      Mary Yukari Waters

      2001

      Introduction

      Mary Yukari Waters's Aftermath was first published in the journal Manoa in 2001 and is found in her first short story collection, The Laws of Evening, published by Scribner in 2003. The short story was also included in the anthology The Best American Short Stories 2002. As of 2005, The Laws of Evening remains Waters's only published book.

      Like most of the stories in The Laws of Evening, Aftermath focuses on the life of an individual trying to cope with dramatic change in Japan after the end of World War II. The story's main character Makiko is a young Japanese widow, whose husband was killed while fighting American forces during the war. Following Japan's surrender to the Allied forces, Makiko struggles to raise their seven-year-old son Toshi in the years right after World War II, as the United States occupies Japan and subsidizes its recovery from the war. Makiko tries to instill traditional Japanese values and habits in Toshi, as he inevitably takes in the influences of American culture and Japan modernizes. Makiko also grapples with her memories of the pre-war period and how Japan then contrasts with the more complex and difficult world she lives in now. In addition to exploring the tension between tradition and change, the story focuses on themes of loss, memory, and grief and how individuals come to terms with those

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