The Paper Menagerie
An Analysis Essay about the short story “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu The story deeply emphasize the importance of valuing our own culture. The Paper Menagerie, a fictional creation that was written by Ken Liu is not a mere type of folklore nor a typical literary piece made to entertain the people, but is a masterpiece alongside any other magical realism stories. It mirrors the reality, and it gave awareness to how one should treat the harshness inherited to them, innately. The title alone reflect the writer's culture, and it exposed the writer's origin as well. It talks about the writer's issues with his experiences and to how others dealt off cultural circumstances. The story then becomes more relatable when the characters and the setting is introduced. Jack, who is the main character, represents every people who experienced being bullied because of their culture, and his mother, who regretted her child's indirect disownment of her part. This appears even more o...