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“Saboteur” Questions

“Saboteur” Questions. What is ironic about the officers calling Mr. Chiu a saboteur? Mr. Chiu holds fast to his belief that the police “owe” him an apology and “must” compensate him. Does this happen? Explain.

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“Saboteur” Questions

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  1. “Saboteur” Questions • What is ironic about the officers calling Mr. Chiu a saboteur? • Mr. Chiu holds fast to his belief that the police “owe” him an apology and “must” compensate him. Does this happen? Explain. • Apparently many people whom Mr. Chiu hadn’t even noticed made statements against him? What might explain their reasoning?

  2. The police declare Mr. Chiu guilty without a trial. Do you consider this a human rights violation? Why or why not? • What threat might the chief’s words and behavior imply? • What basic right do the police deny Mr. Chiu over the weekend? • What irony is there in Mrs. Chiu’s choice of a rescuer for her husband?

  3. How would you trace the changes in Mr. Chiu’s feelings for his wife since the story opened? • What human rights violations do you find in the treatment of Fenjin? • Why do you think the police torture Fenjin in a place that is visible from Mr. Chiu’s cell? • Mr. Chiu threatens to expose the illegal treatment of Fenjin. Why do the police remain unconcerned?

  4. Mr. Chiu’s hepatitis flares with each injustice. What might it symbolize? • Mr. Chiu’s hepatitis has turned his face yellowish, blotchy, and “ugly”. How is his behavior also ugly? • In your opinion, how much responsibility do the Muji railroad police bear for the hepatitis deaths?

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