Every scene we see him with Miko always devolves into an argument. He is cynical, sarcastic, and overwhelmingly negative. Now, if you haven’t read Shortcomings yet, you might take the benefit of the doubt and assume that he doesn’t attack them for their race or sexual orientation. He mocks them - sometimes behind their backs, other times directly in their faces. Surrounded by a diverse cast of characters, how does Ben treat them? Other characters who appear later in the story include Sasha, a white, bisexual grad student, and Meredith, a biracial lesbian. There is also Alice who is a Korean graduate student, lesbian, and Ben’s best friend. Miko is also Japanese-American and deeply values her Asian-American heritage. If I were to give a bare-bones summary of the book, I would describe it as a story about an established relationship falling apart because the two people in the relationship cannot see things eye-to-eye.īen Tanaka is a Japanese-American man who lives in California with his girlfriend Miko.
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