The novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

  Analytical Essay on the novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Choose one topic to analyze in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and write a 1300 word essay in the form of a literary/rhetorical or discourse analysis. The bulk of your essay should be in reference to this book as it exemplifies the topic you choose. Some topics you may choose could be as follows: -The organization of the story line (why does Ford alternate the two timeframes?) -The struggles of assimilation -The generational shifts of immigration and assimilation (how each new generation assimilates into a new culture) -The metaphor of hidden history in America (how the belongings of the Japanese in the basement of the hotel stands as a metaphor for how the US treats/has treated the history it feels bad about) -Father/son (parent/child) relationships -Ethnocentrism, even within “races” -How the characters all represent different “American” archetypes.