Annotated Bibliography: The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao

By Daria Husni Introduction: My “Reading For” What defines me as a reader? For years, my answer has only been surface-deep: I read as a form of escapism. I enjoy the fantasy genre most of all, but I like being able to experience a world I could never see on my own, and live a

Finding the Truth in The Majesties’ Narrative

By Daria Husni Is it worth betraying your family to protect your humanity? Or vice versa, is protecting and supporting your family the most important thing in life, even if it means tearing away at the social fabric that allows our world to function? As I started to read The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao, a

The Cultural Code in Tiffany Tsao’s, The Majesties

Upon reading The Majesties, written by Tiffany Tsao, I was immediately drawn to the numerous cultural codes littering the plot. Because the story involves many ideals surrounding close knit families in Japan post World War II, absurd wealth, privilege, and upper class ideals, it was easy to discern these specific elements, which are aspects of

A Closer Look at Majesties: Reading Into Genre

By: Paige McTernan Majesties by Tiffany Tsao is a story chock-full of twists, turns, and shocking moments of truth. It creates not characters one would love, but instead characters one would hate or take pity on. The final chapter and closing scene definitely threw me off in a way I was not expecting! There was

Becoming Gwendolyn’s Confidant

Before I began reading The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao, I was made aware that I would be writing a blog post that would attempt to define who the narrators and addressees are in the text and the relationship between them. My goal during reading this book was to figure out who the narrator is addressing,