1. What connections can you make between the information about the time period and the story? 2. How does your new knowledge of the country’s culture impact your understanding of the story? 3. How do the image(s) add awareness to the story? by Student

1. What connections can you make between the information about the time period and the story? 2. How does your new knowledge of the country’s culture impact your understanding of the story? 3. How do the image(s) add awareness to the story? by Student - Catherine Chun https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu Write response below: en-us 2022-05-05 17:57:38 UTC 2022-05-23 17:42:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 1: The time period is one where the people of the time did not have access to easy ways to video or photograph or surveil, so it makes sense that they relied so heavily on the testimonies, even if they were not even similar 15583411 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196274591 2022-05-23 17:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196274591 Question 3 15612432 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196275503 The photo of the katana helps us visualize the death of the man]]> 2022-05-23 17:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196275503 question 1 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196275661 the time period is said to have had lots of political assassination's so the author could have been influenced by current assassination happening around him. ]]> 2022-05-23 17:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196275661 question 2 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196276572 the pressure in Japan at that time from government and such seems a possible cause for suicide]]> 2022-05-23 17:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196276572 3. The imagery heavily reflects on the murder weapon, so this brings the images to life. https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196276650 2022-05-23 17:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196276650 1/2. My new knowledge of how Akutagawa was a reporter in China might give some detail to how he would probably in a situation where he would be the one listening to the testimonies. https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196276789 2022-05-23 17:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196276789 Question 2 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196277637 The traumatic events that Japan was going through at the time the author was writing his stories explains why the story was about such a dark topic, going off of the fact that the author usually wrote about these events]]> 2022-05-23 17:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196277637 Reporter 15612432 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196279124 The fact that he was a reporter helped him understand the ways people's stories can differ when they are asked about the same event.]]> 2022-05-23 17:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196279124 1. 18070951 https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196279187 the author is a reporter so he may be writing to show what it feels like being a reporter with everyone telling you different things - allie]]> 2022-05-23 17:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/16927671/hr2mxd8ect9cgiiu/wish/2196279187