48 pages • 1 hour read
Yoko OgawaThe Memory Police
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
The typist in the internal manuscript often foils and reflects Ogawa’s unnamed protagonist. How does the story-within-a-story structure develop our understanding of both characters?
Memory is said to be most strongly evoked by the sense of smell; however, Ogawa uses several different sensory motifs in relation to memory. How are one or more senses—like touch and/or taste—developed in the novel?
Nature, a common trope in Japanese literature, is prevalent in The Memory Police. How does Ogawa break with seasonal conventions, and what do these breaks reveal about the island?
