ROBYN MARKOW answers “Does Keiko have ASD?”

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Does Keiko have ASD?

ROBYN MARKOW I read this novel awhile ago & sometimes it takes awhile for it's message to sink in so this is my final take on it: This book is a satire(& cautionar…moreI read this novel awhile ago & sometimes it takes awhile for it's message to sink in so this is my final take on it: This book is a satire(& cautionary tale) based on the stereotype of the Japanese Workaholic of which Keiko is an extreme example of. Therefore I think although she shows the classic signs of Autism,it wasn't the point of the author to depict someone who has it. It's that Keiko is so defined by her work that it completely overtakes her life. That & she really has no personality to speak of ( & has no interest in cultivating one) so the convenience store she works in fills that void. It shown in how she constantly thinks about it ,even when she's not working there & everything else her life is meaningless to her until, finally,Keiko turns into the human equivalent of a convenience store. She lives to (superficially) serve others & nothing else. (less)

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