Chapter 1 Analysis 

Diego Espinosa, Mariana Gómez and Bernardo Alvarez

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Characters:

• Mr. Childan
• Mr. Tagomi
• Japanese Couple
• Frank Frink 
• Juliana

Plot:
Tagomi was angry because of the delay of his poster, Childan was worried about loosing his best client. Then, a nice japanese couple came into the store to buy some ornaments for their new apartment, therefor Childan was amused by their attitude towards him.
Frank Frink did not want to get fired but he knew this would happen sooner or later. And finally introduces Juliana to the story, describing her as the most gorgeous woman in the world.

Theme: 
Nationalism because most of characters explain their pride of being american. One big example of this, is Mr. Childan who is proud of selling his american antiques.

Symbols and Motifs

• Tea Wall Dispenser
• Tea
• Oracle
• I Chang

All these symbols prove the influence of the Japanese culture in the American ordinary life.