![]() ![]() ![]() In the middle of the story, she goes back to explain what is happening to these girls and how the narrator, Kitsune, came to be there. She also begins the story in medias res, meaning she starts the story in the middle of an action or already existing world. Russell structures the store in the classic U shape – things start off bad, get worse, then get really good by the end. The author, Karen Russell, is trying to illustrate the dehumanizing characteristics of this age through literally turning her characters into bugs. Figuratively, this story is talking about the injustice of the industrial system in China during the rise of factories. They are not told, however, that they will be transformed into human-silkworm hybrids. Upon the conclusion of this story, the girls start a revolution and build cocoons for themselves so they can transform into silkworm moths and be free. They are told that they will reel silk for the Empire and that the Emperor himself will wear their silk. ![]() The story is about several girls in Japan who are tricked into servitude by the promise of a better life and money for their family. The story, “Reeling for the Empire,” is the second in the Vampires in the Lemon Grove collection. ![]()
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