Chapter 1
What does Ken stare at when his mom is saying her last words to him?
WHAT IS a flower vase of roses.
Why does Ken's dad beat him up?
WHAT IS because Ken and Koa were using the family katana to slaughter a boar.
What happens when Ken and Claude are out night diving? What does Ken do?
WHAT IS a shark comes near Claudia when Ken is away chasing a lobster. Claude drops her flashlight and Ken swings at the shark, and it swims away...Claude gets mad at Ken for leaving her.
Why did Koa start going to church?
WHAT IS his family made him go to church because he was abusing Kahala
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WHAT IS Ken's fear
Ken asks Cal to give him a tattoo of what?
WHAT IS Kanji symbol from Musashi's Book of the Void
What could the blue cat symbolize?
WHAT is drug addiction
WHAT IS move back to the east side to live with Ken's dad. This is Ken's idea because Claudia wants to move to the mainland but Ken wants to save up money first.
Why does Ken think they should not give money to Kahala?
WHAT IS it is disrespectful to his friendship with Koa.
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WHAT IS Ken's dad influence on Ken to be tough and hateful and/or Claudia's influence on Ken making him care.
What is happening to Ken's dad when he is lying on the ground, naked, with a gun to his head?
WHAT IS having flashbacks from his time in the war (PTSD).
When does Ken's dad start showing love to Ken?
WHAT IS when Ken becomes tougher / more hateful and begins to fight
What does Mama-San send her three men to do? Why? What ends up happening?
WHAT IS Kill Ken because she does not approve of Claudia's and Ken's relationship or the news of the baby; Ken ends up killing the three men.
What does Ken's dad do to Claude? Why?
WHAT IS Ken's dad hits Claudia because
WHAT IS who Ken wants to become
Why dose Ken have to live with his Grandfather after his mom dies?
WHAT IS because his dad is depressed and a bit crazy after the death of his wife.
What does Ken want to do after graduating?
WHAT IS move to town and go to college.
Describe Ken's relationship with Mama-San BEFORE he meets Claudia.
WHAT IS Ken becomes one of Mama-San's closest employees and he starts doing sketchy business jobs for her. He begins making a lot of money from these jobs and changing his appearance.
When Ken kills his father with the Katana, what symbolic, deeper meaning does it connect to?
WHAT IS Ken was finally able to end the violent cycle of the Hideyoshi legacy
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WHAT IS Ken's value of material things (materialism) as he starts to make money
What does Ken drop on the floor as soon as he gets into his new cell?
WHAT IS a pile of his books.
Why does Ken symbolically represent a kamikaze?
What symbol do Ken's actions connect to in this scene of him killing Mama-San's three hitmen?
WHAT IS kamikaze
What is Ken's dad symbolically trying to show Claudia with the Katana?
WHAT IS Ken's dad is trying to show Claudia that the katana is unbreakable like the Hideyoshi legacy.
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