Read the short story "Second Bakery Attack" pdf and then respond to 1 or 2 prompts:
1) What do you make of the protagonist? Draw on at least one detail from the story to analyze his character. Finally, why do you think the story wants to interest readers in this character?
2) How does the supernatural matter in this story? Give an example and analyze in detail.
3) Does anything tie the story to the Japanese tradition as we've studied it?